Talk:North West (South African province)

Name of province

Does anyone know why it's called North West? The articles doesn't mention how the province got its name. Just looking at the map, I can't tell that the province is northwest of anything. It seems to be in the north center of the country. --Triadian (talk) 05:28, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Although it seems like the north-centre, the country is sort-of pivited to Gauteng province, and it's north west of Gauteng and the Free State, so it is north-west of the major cities of the country. Bezuidenhout (talk) 07:42, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

North West or North West Province

Is the name just North West or is the actually usage "North West Province"? Rmhermen (talk) 16:55, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

Constitutionally the name is "North West". In my experience the most common usage is "the North West" but "North West Province" is not unknown. - htonl (talk) 18:07, 14 August 2020 (UTC)