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Thaba Phatswa

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Template:Infobox South African town 2011 Thaba Phatswa is a town in Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa.

Town some 30km south-east of Thaba Nchu and 22km north of Hobhouse. It takes its name from the mountain a few kilometres to the south-west. Said to be of Tswana origin and to mean ‘black with white spots’.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 431.