Mmabatho
Quick Fact ......
38,297
13,176
38,3%
97,7%
99%
98,6%
Mmabatho is a Tswana name that means 'mother of the people' or 'mother of the nation'. During the years of apartheid, the town was the captial of the former bantustan, Bophuthatswana, which was set up as a homeland for the Tswana-speaking people in 1961. In early 1994 an uprising in Mmabatho, against the bantustan government headed by Lucas Mangope, resulted in the deployment of South African troops and violent intervention by right-wing Afrikaaner group, the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB). The homeland was later dissolved and incorporated into the North West province of South Africa. (GPS coordinates: 25.8415 S, 25.6172 E).
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Reference(s)
- Raper PE. 2004. New dictionary of South African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers.
- http://www.wikipedia.org
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Key Statistics 2011
| Total population | 38,297 |
| Young (0-14) | 26% |
| Working Age (15-64) | 72,2% |
| Elderly (65+) | 1,8% |
| Dependency ratio | 38,5 |
| Sex ratio | 90,2 |
| Population density | 2073 persons/km2 |
| No schooling aged 20+ | 1,1% |
| Higher education aged 20+ | 38,3% |
| Matric aged 20+ | 36,6% |
| Number of households | 13,176 |
| Average household size | 2,6 |
| Female headed households | 49,1% |
| Formal dwellings | 98,7% |
| Housing owned/paying off | 64,8% |
| Flush toilet connected to sewerage | 98,6% |
| Weekly refuse removal | 73,5% |
| Piped water inside dwelling | 97,7% |
| Electricity for lighting | 99% |