Louis Trichardt

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Louis Trichardt
Inclined view of Louis Trichardt
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Coordinates: 23°03′S 29°54′E / 23.050°S 29.900°E / -23.050; 29.900
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Vhembe
Municipality	Makhado
Established	1946
Area [1]
• Total	56.42 km2 (21.78 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	25,360
• Density	450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	72.7%
• Coloured	1.3%
• Indian/Asian	5.7%
• White	20.0%
• Other	0.3%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Venda	39.5%
• Afrikaans	22.8%
• English	11.7%
• Northern Sotho	6.6%
• Other	40.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	0920
PO box	0920
Area code	015

Louis Trichardt (formerly Trichardtsdorp, and Makhado from 2003 to 2014), informally shortened to LTT (/lʊɪstriː/), is a town at the foot of Songozwi, in the Soutpansberg mountain range in the Limpopo province of South Africa. It is the centre of the Makhado Local Municipality, which comprises 16,000 km² with a population of 270,000 (2001). Louis Trichardt is located in a fertile region where litchis, bananas, mangoes and nuts are produced. The N1 National Route runs through the town. Louis Trichardt is 437 kilometres from Johannesburg and one hour's drive from the Zimbabwean border at Beitbridge. Louis Trichardt was known for a time as Makhado, but it was changed back to Louis Trichardt.^[2] Vleifontein, Elim, Tshikota, Madombidzha, Makhado Park and Dzanani surround the town in all directions.