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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) reply

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) reply

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

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) reply