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Lebowa
	1972–1994
	; ; ; ; Flag;
	; Location of Lebowa (red) within South Africa (yellow).;
Status	Bantustan
Capital	Lebowakgomo
Common languages	; Northern Sotho; English; Afrikaans;
Chief Minister
History
• Self-government	2 October 1972
• Re-integrated into South Africa	27 April 1994
	;
Area
1980	24,540 km2 (9,470 sq mi)
Population
• 1980	1,700,000
• 1991	2,740,587
	;
Currency	South African rand
; Preceded by;	; Succeeded by;
	; Republic of South Africa;
; Republic of South Africa;

Lebowa was a bantustan ("homeland") located in the Transvaal in north eastern South Africa.^[3]Seshego initially acted as Lebowa's capital while the purpose-built Lebowakgomo was being constructed. Granted internal self-government on 2 October 1972 and ruled for much of its existence by Cedric Phatudi, Lebowa was reincorporated into South Africa in 1994. It became part of the Limpopo province. The territory was not contiguous, being divided into two major and several minor portions.^[4]

Even though Lebowa included swathes of Sekukuniland^[5] and was seen as a home for the Northern Sotho speaking tribes such as the Pedi people, it was also home for various non Northern Sotho Speaking tribes, including the Northern Ndebele, Batswana and VaTsonga.

Institutions of Higher Education

University of the North

Districts in 1991

Districts of the province and population at the 1991 census.^[2]

Namakgale: 55,441

Bolobedu: 196,669

Sekgosese: 124,425

Bochum: 149,869

Mokerong: 446,155

Seshego: 302,676

Thabamoopo: 353,193

Nebo: 324,909

Sekhukhuneland: 404,335

Naphuno: 167,665

Mapulaneng: 215,250

Moutse district was seized from Lebowa in 1980 and was, despite violent resistance, officially integrated into KwaNdebele.^[6]

References

^ Sally Frankental; Owen Sichone (2005-01-01). South Africa's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook. ABC-CLIO. p. 187. ISBN 978-1-57607-674-3. Retrieved 2013-09-18..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em

^ ^a^b "Census > 1991 > RSA > Variable Description > Person file > District code". Statistics South Africa - Nesstar WebView. Retrieved 18 August 2013.

^ https://global.britannica.com/place/Lebowa

^ Lebowa - Brittanica Online

^ Sekhukhuneland

^ https://books.google.co.za/books?id=zEQ-Km_KShAC&pg=PA189&lpg=PA189&dq=kwandebele+war&source=bl&ots=qQJG44_BGx&sig=cpKrARE5xGduAmnuHOn-5C-0azw&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=kwandebele%20war&f=false