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- former homeland (Bantustan) and autonomous national state in the Republic of South Africa
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1972–1994,
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(Source: Library of Congress)
Area: 8.430 square miles
Inhabitants: 2.924.584 (1992), mostly Pedi
Density of Population: 347 inh./sq.mi.
Capital: Lebowakgomo, 35.087 inh. (2011)
Languages: Sotho dialect (Pedi), English, Afrikaans
Currency: 1 Rand (R) = 100 Cents
Time Zone: GMT + 2 h
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1969 · establishment of the homeland Lebowa (for Pedi)
1972 · South Africa grants autonomy
27th of April 1994 · new constitution for South Africa, official abolition of the racial segregation, dissolution of the homelands
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World Statesmen
The word "Lebowa" comes from the northern dialect of the language of the Sotho. It means "north".
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Kindly supported by: Ralf Fischer (D)