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Malamulele can refer to the town of Malamulele or the area of Malamulele.〔https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr0S1OYtmV8〕 Both the town (approximately in the center of the area) and area are in the Limpopo province of South Africa and predominantly occupied by Tsonga people. Malamulele is flanked by two rivers, Rivhubye (Ribvubye) to the west and Nsama to the east, meanwhile Xingwedzi runs from Malamulele West to Malamulele East, joining the Limpopo river in Mozambique on its way to the Indian Ocean. There are between 100 and 120 villages in the Malamulele area, with an approximate population of half a million.〔http://www.zoutnet.co.za/articles/news/14491/2012-08-20/municipal-status-for-malamulele〕〔http://effighters.org.za/malamulele.html〕 According to official Stats SA census 2011 results, some 82 Malamulele villages (excluding the township), were home to 206,646 people.〔http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/966〕 In 2001, Thulamela calculated the population according to some 16 main areas (again, excluding the township), supposedly representing the number of independent chiefs, which when summed up come to 199,807 people.〔Thulamela Local Municipality〕 These main areas are: Gijana (Magona), Madonsi, Makuleke, Mavambe, Mhinga, Mphambo, Mtititi, Mudavula, Mukhomi, Mulamula, Mulenzhe, Ntlhaveni (Bevhula), Tshikonelo, Xigalo, Xigamane, and Xikundu, thereby recognising 14 Tsonga and 2 Venda (Mulenzhe and Tshikonelo) chiefs. These places account for 1362.01 km²〔Thulamela Local Municipality〕 of Malamulele's 1551.93 km²〔http://www.daftlogic.com/projects-google-maps-area-calculator-tool.htm〕 total land area. The Malamulele Area is situated between Giyani on the east, starting at Nsama river, and Thohoyandou on the north-west, starting at Rivhubye river. To the west of Malamulele Area is Waterval, famous for the Elim Hospital. The Malamulele Area is in the process of obtaining its own independent municipality〔http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/ee65040048fb4c658f9a8fcd12612d62/Malamuleleundefinedtoundefinedbeundefinedaundefinedmunicipality-20150407〕 separate from Thulamela〔Thulamela Local Municipality〕〔http://www.thulamela.gov.za/〕 but still within the Vhembe District Municipality.〔Vhembe District Municipality〕 To the north-east of Malamulele Town is the Kruger National Park, where it is located 63 km away from the Punda Maria〔http://www.sanparks.org/parks/kruger/get_there/gates.php〕 gate, 72 km from the Punda Maria Rest Camp,〔http://www.sanparks.org/parks/kruger/camps/punda/〕 99 km from the Shingwedzi Rest Camp,〔http://www.krugerpark.com/self-catering/shingwedzi-restcamp/〕〔http://www.sanparks.org/parks/kruger/camps/shingwedzi/〕 108 km from the Pafuri Rest Camp〔http://www.sanparks.org/parks/kruger/camps/luxury_lodges/pafuri/default.php〕〔http://www.krugerparkreservations.com/PafuriCamp.asp〕 and 135 km from the Mopani Rest Camp.〔http://www.sanparks.org/parks/kruger/camps/mopani/〕 Malamulele Town is 243 km away from Polokwane (the capital of Limpopo Province), 453 km away from Pretoria (the capital of South Africa), and 508 km from Johannesburg (the biggest city in South Africa). The shortest straight-line distance from Malamulele Town to the Zimbabwe border is ~60 km, ~60 km to the Mozambique border and ~300 km to the Swaziland border. Its proximity to Zimbabwe and Mozambique makes Malamulele one of the northern-most towns in South Africa. ==Etymology== The name Malamulele comes from the word lamulela, which itself comes from lamula. To lamula means to stop a fight or to save. Lamulela then means to save someone or help someone. Malamulele is the noun for the person who saves or helps, a saviour. Sometimes Malamulele is written as Malamulela, but this is an unpopular form of the name which does not follow Xitsonga grammatical rules. Nationally it is common to refer to Malamulele as eka Malamulele or ka Malamulele. These references both mean to say in Malamulele or at Malamulele. It is wrong to say eMalamulele or e-Malamulele. In Tshivenda, Malamulele can be referred to as ha Malamulele. In Sotho languages, Malamulele can be referred as ko Malamulele or ga Malamulele. In Nguni languages, Malamulele can be referred to as kwa Malamulele. In Afrikaans, Malamulele can be referred to as in Malamulele, where "in" is pronounced "en". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Malamulele」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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