Lenyenye

Lenyenye
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Coordinates: 23°58′19″S 30°16′08″E / 23.972°S 30.269°E / -23.972; 30.269Coordinates: 23°58′19″S 30°16′08″E / 23.972°S 30.269°E / -23.972; 30.269
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Mopani
Municipality	Greater Tzaneen
Area [1]
• Total	8.81 km2 (3.40 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	12,099
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	99.2%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	0.1%
• Other	0.1%
First languages (2011) [1]
•	87.8%
• Sotho	70.8%
• Tsonga	2.7%
• tshivenda	0,70%
• Other	5.2%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	0857
PO box	0857
Area code	015

Lenyenye is a township in the Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality of the Mopani District Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa. It is located about 20 km southeast of the town of Tzaneen. It is the home of Bakgaga or Bakhaga in the language of sekhaga they call themselves that . the neighbouring township of Nkowankowa lies directly north of Lenyenye. The prominent language that is spoken there is Sekhaga or Sekgaga sa maake

The township is best known as the place where the academic/politician Mamphela Ramphele was banished to under the apartheid regime and lived during the period from 1977 to 1984.

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