Sibasa

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Tshivhase pronounced as tshibasa

| pushpin_map = South Africa Limpopo#South Africa#Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|22.932|S|30.467|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Limpopo

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Vhembe

| subdivision_type3 = Municipality

| subdivision_name3 = Thulamela

| subdivision_type4 = Main Place

| established_title = Established

| leader_party = ANC

| leader_title = Councillor

| area_footnotes = {{#tag:ref |{{cite web |url=http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/90709045 |title = Sub Place Sibasa |work=Census 2001}} |name=census2001}}

| area_total_km2 = 3.39

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 4314

| population_as_of = 2001

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2001)

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = Black African

| demographics1_info1 = 100.0%

| demographics1_title2 = Coloured

| demographics1_info2 =

| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian

| demographics1_info3 =

| demographics1_title4 = White

| demographics1_info4 =

| demographics1_title5 = Other

| demographics1_info5 =

| demographics_type2 = First languages (2001)

| demographics2_footnotes =

| demographics2_title1 = Venda

| demographics2_info1 = 96.2%

| demographics2_title2 = Tsonga

| demographics2_info2 = 2.0%

| demographics2_title3 =

| demographics2_info3 =

| demographics2_title4 =

| demographics2_info4 =

| demographics2_title5 = Other

| demographics2_info5 = 1.8%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)

| postal_code = 0970

| postal2_code_type = PO box

| postal2_code = 0970

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 015

}}

Sibasa is a village in Limpopo Province, South Africa and the former capital city of Venda bantustan. When Venda was declared independent in 1979, the capital was moved to Ṱhohoyanḓou.

The town is 72 km north-north-east of Louis Trichardt. It was named after a Venda chief, Tshivhase.{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=404}}