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((ツワナ語:The pot that boils)) is a town in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Deriving its name from the geothermic hot springs around which the town was built, it is widely known by the name Warmbaths, officially changed to the current name in 2002. Likewise, the Afrikaans name for the town was Warmbad before the name change. It was also previously called ''Hartingsburg'' until the early twentieth century.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Warmbaths )〕 The town is situated in the Waterberg District of the Limpopo Province. It lies off the N1 road between Pretoria and Polokwane (Pietersburg). Its hot springs produce 22,000 litres per hour at .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Warmbad / Bela Bela Information and Accommodation )〕 == History == When the Tswana tribes first moved into the region in about the 1800s, they discovered hot springs in the area. The Voortrekker Carl Van Heerden established the first farm in what is now Bela-Bela and called it ''Het Bad''. In 1873, President Burger's Transvaal government bought the land and established a resort called ''Hartingsburg'' after the prominent Dutch biologist Pieter Harting.〔 The British occupied the town during the Anglo Boer War, and renamed the post office ''Warm Baths'' in 1903, and proclaimed the boundaries of Warmbaths to be the entire farm of ''Het Bad''.〔 In 1920 Warmbaths was proclaimed a township (in the legal, not racial sense) and the township was designed by architect John Abraham Moffat〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MOFFAT, John Abraham )〕 in that year. In 1950, it became a magisterial district. In 1932 Warmbaths became a village town and got a town council in 1960.〔 On 14 June 2002〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= OldPlaceNames )〕 the South African government officially renamed the town to ''Bela-Bela'' (meaning "boiling boiling").〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bela-Bela Tourism )〕 Incorrect variations on this spelling can also be sometimes found, such as "Bella Bella"〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Residential and Commercial Property in Bela-Bela Limpopo South Africa )〕 and "Bela Bela".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bela-Bela」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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