Burgersfort is located in the valley of the Spekboom River[2] at the edge of the Bushveld Complex in the Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality of the Limpopo province of South Africa, near the border with the Mpumalanga province. The town was named after a hexagonal fort built there during the 1876-77 Second War against the Bapedi of Chief Sekhukhune, and was named after President TF Burgers of the ZAR. The town serves as a meeting point for two major roads, the R37 and R555. The region is rich in platinum and platinum group metals.[3] The town's neighbouring towns are Mashishing (60 km), Steelpoort (16 km) and Ohrigstad (26 km).[4]
Burgersfort
Tubatse Platinum City | |
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| Coordinates: 24°40′S 30°19′E / 24.667°S 30.317°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Limpopo |
| District | Sekhukhune |
| Municipality | Fetakgomo Tubatse |
| Area | |
• Total | 28.10 km2 (10.85 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 6,369 |
| • Density | 230/km2 (590/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 65.6% |
| • Coloured | 3.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 4.8% |
| • White | 25.8% |
| • Other | 0.6% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Sepedi language | 31.3% |
| • Afrikaans | 27.9% |
| • English | 16.8% |
| • Zulu | 3.8% |
| • Other | 20.1% |
| Time zone | UTC 2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 1150 |
| PO box | 1150 |
| Area code | 013 |
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Main Place Burgersfort". Census 2011.
- ^ Fishing in Burgersfort, Mpumalanga, South Africa - Essential Travel Info
- ^ "Nuwe dorp verrys by Burgersfort - eProp Commercial Property South Africa". Archived from the original on 23 February 2007. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ^ Routes Travel Info Portal: Burgersfort Archived May 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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