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Giyani, town, Limpopo province, South Africa. It was the capital of Gazankulu, a former nonindependent Bantustan. Giyani is located on the northern bank of the Klein (Little) Letaba River west of Kruger National Park. Situated in what was the northern portion of Gazankulu, Giyani was established in the 1960s as the administrative centre for the Tsonga and Shangaan peoples. Pop. (2001) town, 132, 443; municipality, 237,436.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy McKenna.