# List of cities and towns in Limpopo

This is a list of cities and towns in the Limpopo province of South Africa. Since 2003, a number of cities and towns have changed their names and may yet to be widely accepted and some of these place names remain the same as previously.

## A

| Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
| Afguns | | | | near Ellisras |
| Alldays | Soutpansberg | | | |

## B

| Town Name | Region | District | Remarks / New Name |
| Bandelierkop | Soutpansberg | | |
| Ba-Phalaborwa | Valley of the Olifants | | renamed Phalaborwa |
| Bela-Bela | Bushveld | | (previously Warmbaths )"boiling place" |
| Bochum | | | renamed to Senwabarwana |
| Bosbokrand | Valley of the Olifants | | |
| Baltimore, Limpopo | | Blouberg | Capricorn |

## D

| Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
| Dendron | | | | renamed to Mogwadi |
| Duiwelskloof | Valley of the Olifants | | | (renamed in 2004 to Modjadjiskloof) |

## E

| Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
| Ellisras | Bushveld Region | Lephalale Local Municipality | Waterberg District Municipality | see Lephalale |

## G

| Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
| Gravelotte | Valley of the Olifants | | | |
| Giyani | | Greater Giyani | Mopani | |

## H

| Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
| Haenertsburg | Mopani | | | |
| Hoedspruit | Valley of the Olifants | | | |

## K

| Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
| Klaserie | Valley of the Olifants | | | |

## L

| Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
| Lebowakgomo | | Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality | Capricorn District Municipality |
| Ellisras | Bushveld | Lephalale Local Municipality | Waterberg District Municipality | renamed Lephalale |
| Letsitele | Valley of the Olifants | | | |
| Leydsdorp | Valley of the Olifants | | | |
| Louis Trichardt | Soutpansberg | Vhembe District | |

## M

| Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
| Mankweng | | Capricorn District Municipality | Capricorn | (previously Turfloop) |
| Maruleng Local Municipality | | |
| Modimolle | Bushveld | | | (previously Nylstroom )(place of spirits) |
| Modjadjiskloof | | | | (previously Duiwelskloof) |
| Mogwadi | | | | (previously Dendron) |
| Mokopane | Waterberg | | | (previously Potgietersrus) (named after the 1850s chief of the Tlou tribe) |
| Mookgophong | Bushveld | | | (formerly Naboomspruit) |
| Messina | | | | see Musina |
| Musina | Soutpansberg | | | (previously Messina) (means "copper") |
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## N

| Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
| Naboomspruit | Bushveld | | | (also known as its recent new name 'Mookgophong) |
| Nkowankowa | | | | renamed Modimolle |

## O

| Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
| Ofcolaco | Valley of the Olifants | | | |

## P

| Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
| Phalaborwa | Valley of the Olifants | Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality | Mopani District Municipality | (previously Ba-Phalaborwa "Better than the South" |
| Polokwane | Capricorn | | | (previously Pietersburg )"place of safety" |
| Potgietersrus | | | | renamed Mokopane |

## R

| Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
| Roedtan | Bushveld | | | |

## S

| Town Name | Region | Remarks / New Name |
| Senwabarwana | | (previously Bochum) |
| Seshego | Capricorn | |
| Sekgopo | Mopani District | Greater Letaba Municipality |

## T

| Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District |
| Thabazimbi | Bushveld | | |
| Thohoyandou | Soutpansberg | Thulamela | Vhembe |
| Tzaneen | Valley of the Olifants | | |

## V

| Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
| Vaalwater | Bushveld | | | |
| Vivo | Soutpansberg | | | |

## Z

| Town Name | Region | Local Municipality | District | Remarks / New Name |
| Zebedeila | Capricorn | | Capricorn District Municipality | |
| Zion City Moria | Capricorn | | | |

## All

Mashashane
* Jane furse
* Afguns
* Alldays
* Bandelierkop
* Ba-Phalaborwa
* Bela-Bela
* Bochum
* Bosbokrand
* Dendron
* Duiwelskloof
* Elim
* Ellisras
* Gravelotte
* Haenertsburg
* Hoedspruit
* Klaserie
* Lebowakgomo
* Lephalale
* Letsitele
* Leydsdorp
* Louis Trichardt
* Modimolle
* Modjadjiskloof
* Mogwadi
* Mokopane
* Mookgophong
* Messina
* Musina
* Naboomspruit
* Nylstroom
* Ofcolaco
* Phalaborwa
* Polokwane
* Mokopane
* Roedtan
* Senwabarwana
* Seshego
* Sekgopo
* Thabazimbi
* Thohoyandou
* Tzaneen
* Vaalwater
* Vivo
* Zebedeila
* Zion City Moria