North West Province
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| Area | 116,320 km2 (9.5% of country's total) |
| Population Total (2001) - Density | 3,669,349 (8.2% of total) 32/km2 |
| GDP | xx% of the country's total |
| Languages | Setswana (65.36%), Afrikaans (7.51%), isiXhosa (5.85%), Sesotho (5.70%), Xitsonga (4.71%), Sepedi (4.18%), isiZulu (2.52%), isiNdebele (1.34%), English (1.16%) |
| Races | Black African 91.5%, White 6.7%, Coloured 1.6%, Indian/Asian 0.3% |
| Capital | Mafikeng |
| Other main centres | Brits, Ga-Rankuwa, Klerksdorp, Mabopane, Orkney, Potchefstroom, Rustenburg, Stilfontein |
North West Province is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Mafikeng. It was created after the end of Apartheid in 1994, and includes parts of the former Transvaal province and Cape Province, as well as most of the former Bantustan of Bophuthatswana.
See also
External links
- A history and description of the North West Province (http://uk.geocities.com/landswapen/9prov/NorthWest.html)
| Provinces of South Africa | 
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| Eastern Cape | Free State | Gauteng | KwaZulu-Natal | Limpopo | Mpumalanga | Northern Cape | North West | Western Cape | |
de:Nordwest (Provinz) es:Provincia del Noroeste fr:Province du Nord-Ouest ja:北西州 (南アフリカ) nl:Noordwest sv:North-West (Sydafrika)