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Mahikeng, e ne e bitswa Mafikeng ka tlwaelo, ke toropo le moshate wa profense ya Bokone Bophirima, Aforika Borwa. Lefatshe ka bophara, Mahikeng e tumile ka Siege of Mafeking, tlhaselo kgolo ya Ntwa ya bobedi ya Maburu (Second Boer War).
Mahikeng
Mafikeng, Mafeking | |
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Toropo | |
Naga | Aforika Borwa |
Profense | Bokone Bophirima |
District | Ngaka Modiri Molema |
Masepala | Mahikeng |
E Tlhamilwe | 1852 |
Area | |
• Total | 24.57 km2 (9.49 sq mi) |
Ditlhopha tsa batho | |
• Bantsho | 74.5% |
• MaKhalathi | 7.5% |
• MaIndia | 7.3% |
• Basweu | 9.9% |
• Ba bangwe | 0.8% |
Maleme | |
• Setswana | 53.3% |
• Sekgoga | 18.6% |
• Afrikaans | 14.1% |
• Sesotho | 3.0% |
• A mangwe | 11.1% |
Nomoro ya poso | 2745 |
Website | www |
Mahikeng, e gaufile bodara ya Botswana le Aforika Borwa. Ka ngwaga wa 2001, Mahikeng e ne e na le batho ba ba ka nnang 49 300, mme ka ngwaga wa 2007 palo e e ne e tlhatlhogile go ya go 250 000. Batho ba ba ka nnang 65 000 go ya go 75 000 ba nna mo bogareng ba toropo e.
Mahikeng ke kantoro-kgolo ya batho ba Barolong Boo Ratshidi. Toropo e e tlhamilwe ke Molema Tawana (c.1822 - Ferikgong 1882). Molema o ne a tsalwa kwa Khunwana ka nako ya Difaqane,e le ngwana wa Kgosi Tawana wa baTshidi Barolong. Abuti wa ga Molema, e leng Montshiwa, o ne a feleletsa e le ena kgosi. Ka nako e baTshidi Barolong ba ne ba nna kwa Thaba Nchu, Molema o ne a fetoga a nna Mokeresete, a fetolwa ke batsamaisa efangedi ba Wesleyan ba ne na nna fago le bona. Morwa le mojalefa wa a Molema, Silas Molema, o ne a rutwa kwa Healdtown College. Silas o ne a thusa setlogolo sa gagwe Sebopioa Molema go ya Amerika go ya go ithuta tsa molao, ka ngwaga tsa 1904, kwa Wilberforce University, e eleng kwa Wilberforce, Ohio.
Babrithani ba ne ba peleta leina la toropo e jaaka "Mafeking". Morago ga gore toropo e wele ka fa tlase ga Bophuthatswana leina le ne la fetolwa go nna "Mafikeng" ka ngwaga wa 1980. Ka Tlhakole 2010, Lulu Xingwana, o ne a le tonakgolo ya tsa Arts le tsa Setso, o ne a amogela gore leina la toropo e le fetolwe gape go ya go "Mahikeng". Mme batho bone ba santse ba e bitsa Mafikeng ka gonne e le lona leina le le tlwaelegileng.
Climate data for Mafikeng | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 40 | 39 | 38 | 34 | 31 | 27 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 38 | 38 | 40 | 40 |
Average high °C (°F) | 31 | 30 | 29 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 27 |
Average low °C (°F) | 18 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 12 |
Record low °C (°F) | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | −3 | −6 | −6 | −4 | −2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | −6 |
Precipitation mm (inches) | 117 | 83 | 74 | 57 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 37 | 64 | 67 | 539 |
Avg. precipitation days | 13 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 72 |
Source: South African Weather Service[1] |
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