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About the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa

Mpumalanga lies in the eastern part of South Africa, north of KwaZulu-Natal and bordering on Swaziland and Mozambique. In the north Mpumalanga borders on Limpopo to the north, Gauteng to the west, Free State to the southwest and KwaZulu-Natal to the south. Nelspruit is the capital of Mpumalanga and is located on the Crocodile river. Nelspruit is a key manufacturing and agricultural hub for South Africa and major industries include the canning of citrus fruit, paper production, furniture manufacture and timbermills.

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The Mpumalanga province of South Africa is a popular tourism destination for visitors throughout the world. South Africa's national game park, the Kruger National Park, is one of the most popular destinations for visitors to Mpumalanga. The park was established in 1898 for the protection of Lowveld wildlife and covers 20,000 square kilometres of unspoilt territory. Some of the popular tourist towns in Mpumalanga include Barberton, Nelspruit, White River, Sabie, Graskop. Hazyview, Malelane and Nkomazi.

Mpumalanga is divided by the Drakensberg mountains into a westerly half consisting mainly of high-altitude grassland called the Highveld and an eastern half situated in low altitude subtropical Lowveld, mostly comprised of savanna habitat. Some of the oldest rocks on earth are to be found in the Barberton area and the Lowveld is underlaid by African Cratonic Basement rocks of ages in excess of 2 billion years. The Highveld is mostly Karoo Sequence sedimentary rocks of a younger, Carboniferous to Permian age.

The Mpumalanga province of South Africa is generally divided into four regions namely; Highveld and Cosmos region, Escarpment region, Lowveld and Kruger National Park region, Grass and Wetlands region.

The lowveld region of the Mpumalanga province of South Africa has a subtropical climate. The highveld region of Mpumalanga is comparatively much cooler because of its higher altitude. The highest rainfall in the province occurs in the Drakensberg escarpment region while the rest of Mpumalanga is moderately well-watered by mostly summer thunderstorms with winter rainfall a rarity.

The climatic contrasts in Mpumalanga allow for a variety of agricultural activities with more than 68% of Mpumalanga utilised by agriculture. Crops include maize, wheat,sorghum, barley, sunflower seed, soybeans, groundnuts, sugar cane, vegetables, coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, citrus, and subtropical fruit. Forestry is extensive around Sabie in the far north of Mpumalanga. Natural grazing covers approximately 14% of Mpumalanga and the main products are beef, mutton, wool, poultry and dairy.

Attractions of Mpumalanga

History of Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga Province is one of the nine provinces of the Republic of South Africa, established in terms of the Interim Constitution of 1993. Following the South Africa ’s first democratic elections in 1994, the Mpumalanga Province was established as the Eastern Transvaal Province.....read full article

Geography of Mpumalanga

The Drakensberg Escarpment divides Mpumalanga into a westerly half consisting mainly of high-altitude grassland called the Highveld and an eastern half situated in low altitude subtropical Lowveld/Bushveld, mostly savanna habitat.....read full article

Climate of Mpumalanga

The Lowveld is subtropical, due to its proximity to the warm Indian Ocean and latitude. The Highveld is comparatively much cooler, due to its altitude of 2300m to 1700m above sea level.....read full article

Mpumalanga Fauna & Flora

The diverse and special flora and fauna of the province enjoys protection in a range of nature reserves, including:

  • Blyderivierspoort Nature Reserve
  • Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, previously known as Gaza-Kruger-Gonarezhou Transfrontier Park. This international game park brings together some of the best and most established wildlife areas in southern Africa. The park is managed as an integrated unit across an unprecedented three international boundaries which includes the Kruger National Park (South Africa), Limpopo National Park (Mozambique) and Gonarezhou National Park (Zimbabwe).
  • Sabi-Sand Game Reserve, which is built up of numerous private reserves: Idube Safari Lodge, Chitwa Chitwa Game Lodge, Djuma Game Reserve, Exeter Game Lodge, Inyati Private Game Reserve, Leopard Hills Private Game Reserve, Lion Sands Private Game Reserve, Londolozi Game Reserve, Mala Mala Game Reserve, Savanna Private Game Reserve and Ulusaba Game Lodge.

Mpumalanga Law and Government

The Mpumalanga Province's legislation is an amalgam of national and regional legislation promulgated prior to the establishment of the Province on 27 April 1994, and legislation which it has itself promulgated since it came into existence. Lists of and the original texts of this legislation are available through various South African governmental websites, and amended and updated versions of the legislation is available through commercial vendors on subscription and at a price.

Mpumalanga Economy

The climatic contrasts between the drier Highveld region, with its cold winters, and the hot, humid Lowveld allow for a variety of agricultural activities. More than 68% of Mpumalanga is utilised by agriculture. Crops include maize, wheat,sorghum, barley, sunflower seed, soybeans, groundnuts, sugar cane, vegetables, coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, citrus, subtropical and deciduous fruit....read full article

Towns and Suburbs of the Mpumalanga province of South Africa

Badplaas , Belfast , Dullstroom , Ermelo , Graskop , Groblersdal , Hazyview , Komatipoort , Lydenburg , Machadodorp , Malelane , Middelburg , Nelspruit , Ohrigstad , Piet Retief , Pilgrim's Rest , Sabie , Sabi Sands , Secunda , Skukuza , Schoemanskloof , Standerton , Stoffberg , White River , Villiers , White River , Witbank

 

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