Penge, Limpopo

Penge, alternatively known as Mabulane, is a township in Sekhukhune District Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa.

Mabulane Penge
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Coordinates: 24°22′59″S 30°19′01″E / 24.383°S 30.317°E / -24.383; 30.317
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Greater Sekhukhune
Municipality	Fetakgomo Tubatse
Area ^[1]
• Total	28.54 km^2 (11.02 sq mi)
Population  (2011)^[1]
• Total	2,819
• Density	99/km^2 (260/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) ^[1]
• Black African	99.4%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.3%
• Other	0.1%
First languages (2011) ^[1]
• Northern Sotho	94.8%
• Zulu	1.3%
• English	1.1%
• Other	2.9%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	1160

Mining village on the Lepelle River, 37 km north of Burgersfort. It was established after amosite was discovered there in 1907. Named after Kgosi Mabulane of Roka Motshana tribal authority or alternatively Penge, a suburb of London.^[2]

References

1. "Main Place Mabulane". Census 2011.
2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 363.