Bela Bela

Bela Bela is a town inside the South African province of Limpopo. It is located in the municipality of the same call inside the district of Waterberg. The city has 45,001 inhabitants. The name comes from the northern Sotho time period bela, this means that cooking. It refers to the herbal hot springs for which Bela Bela is known. About 22,000 liters of 53 ° C warm water go with the flow from the supply in keeping with hour. The spring water contains a whole lot sodium chloride, calcium carbonate and different salts that are taken into consideration beneficial for the treatment of rheumatism.

The thermal springs had been located at the start of the nineteenth century by using the Tswana. In 1873, the spa town of Hartingsburg changed into based close to the springs. However, except for traffic to the springs, Hartingsburg had few populations, as the majority favored the district's main city, Nylstroom. In 1903, the British government renamed the region to Warmbaths; in the vernacular, the area became formerly known as so. In 1960, the town was given the metropolis rights. Thereafter, the tourism enterprise began to broaden.