Burgersfort
Burgersfort is located in the valley of the Spekboom River at the edge of the Bushveld Complex in the Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality of the Limpopo province, 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. The town's neighbouring towns are Mashishing (60 km), Steelpoort (16 km) and Ohrigstad (26 km).
Burgersfort
Tubatse Platinum City | |
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| Coordinates: 24°40′S 30°19′E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Limpopo |
| District | Sekhukhune |
| Municipality | Fetakgomo Tubatse |
| Area | |
| • Total | 28.10 km2 (10.85 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • 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 |
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