Burgersfort Tubatse Platinum City | |
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 View on Burgersfort | |
  Burgersfort  Burgersfort | |
| Coordinates: 24°40′S30°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 |
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]
