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Musina (Messina) Limpopo South Africa

Musina (previously called Messina) is the northernmost city in the Limpopo Province of South Africa near the Limpopo River border with Zimbabwe. It has a population of about 20,000. Its suburb of Beitbridge is 5,000 people. Iron ore, coal, magnetite, graphite, asbestos, diamonds, semi-precious stones and copper are mined in the region.

The Musina tribe discovered copper and settled here. In the 20th century European prospectors rediscovered the large copper desposits and established the town of Messina. The spelling of the name was changed to Musina in 2003.

Human and animal conflict is a constant conflict in villages within distance to Musina. The Limpopo River is a dry river bank which flows with water on average once every seven years in rains when lichen and other plant species of the desert region come alive. Sometimes, it floods. The low-shrub and thorny tree lands that surround Musina and thrive in rains are alive with animals in sanctuaries that offer experienced-only camping safari accessible by sand and rock road tracks.

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