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Thohoyandou is the administrative and legislative centre for this Venda region in the Limpopo Province of South Africa
South Africa

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. Previously, it was the capital of the Bantustan
Bantustan

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 of Venda
Venda

Venda was a bantustan in northern South Africa, now part of Limpopo Province province. It was founded as a homeland for the Venda people, speakers of the Venda language....
.

About Thohoyandou
It is one of the fastest growing towns in the Limpopo Province and the proud heart of the Venda people.

The town is the commercial, administrative and legislative centre for the district.






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Thohoyandou is the administrative and legislative centre for this Venda region in the Limpopo Province of South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
. Previously, it was the capital of the Bantustan
Bantustan

A bantustan or euphemistically black african homeland or simply homeland, was territory set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South-West Africa , as part of the policy of South Africa under apartheid....
 of Venda
Venda

Venda was a bantustan in northern South Africa, now part of Limpopo Province province. It was founded as a homeland for the Venda people, speakers of the Venda language....
.

History


Thohoyandou is the former capital of the independent homeland of the Venda
Venda language

Venda, also known as Tshiven?a, or Luven?a, is a Bantu languages language. The majority of Venda speakers live in South Africa , but there are also speakers in Zimbabwe....
 people. Its name means "head of the elephant" in Venda.

About Thohoyandou


It is one of the fastest growing towns in the Limpopo Province and the proud heart of the Venda people.

The town is the commercial, administrative and legislative centre for the district. It is a bustling centre of commerce, served with shopping complexes, a museum and the Tusk Venda Casino Hotel, a hotel and casino of international standard, which is a tourist
Tourism

Tourism is travel for recreational or leisure purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from...
 attraction.

The town is situated in the south of Venda, on the main road between Louis Trichardt
Louis Trichardt

Louis Trichardt is a town situated at the foot of the Soutpansberg mountain range in the Limpopo province of South Africa. It is in a fertile region where litchis, bananas, mangoes and nut s are produced....
 and the Kruger National Park
Kruger National Park

Kruger National Park is the largest game reserve in South Africa. It covers 18,989 square km and extends 350 km from north to south and 60 km from east to west....
. This is the lush agricultural centre of Venda, with its banana plantations
Banana

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, acres of sub-tropical fruit
Fruit

The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context, and the term is not synonymous in food preparation and biology. In botany, which is the scientific study of plants, fruits are the ripened Ovary of flowering plants....
, tobacco
Tobacco

Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the fresh leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as an organic pesticide, and in the form of nicotine tartrate it is used in some medicines....
 and maize
Maize

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 lands.

Coffee
Coffee

Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted seeds, commonly called coffee beans, of the Coffea. Caffeinated coffee has a stimulating effect in humans....
 and tea
Tea

Tea refers to the agricultural products of the leaves, leaf buds, and internodes of the Camellia sinensis plant, prepared and cured by various methods....
 plantations abound in the higher slopes. It is a well-populated area, dotted with tidy villages.

Economy


Thohoyandou is the main development node in the Thulamela Local Municipal Area with a total of approximately 80 000 residents within the proclaimed boundaries of the town. It is further surrounded by numerous rural settlements situated on the outskirts of the proclaimed area. Thohoyandou forms the main business center
Business Center

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 of the area with the offices of the Vhembe District Municipality as well as the regional offices of several Government Departments also situated within the town.

Education

The city is home to the University of Venda
University of Venda

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