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Coordinates: 25°44′53″S28°14′17″E / 25.748°S 28.238°E Coordinates: 25°44′53″S28°14′17″E / 25.748°S 28.238°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Tshwane |
Main Place | Pretoria |
Area | |
• Total | 1.97 km2 (0.76 sq mi) |
Population (2011) [1] | |
• Total | 9,274 |
• Density | 4,700/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 50.8% |
• Coloured | 2.5% |
• Indian/Asian | 5.3% |
• White | 43.9% |
• Other | 1.4% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 33.1% |
• Afrikaans | 28.9% |
• Tswana | 7.0% |
• Zulu | 6.0% |
• Other | 25.0% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 0002 |
PO box | 0028 |
Area code | 012 |
Hatfield is a suburb in Pretoria, South Africa with a high density of students as well as student accommodation due to its close proximity to the University of Pretoria's main campus.
Pretoria is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa.
Hatfield may refer to:
Hatfield College is one of the constituent colleges of Durham University in England. It occupies a city centre site above the River Wear on the World Heritage Site peninsula, lying adjacent to North Bailey and only a short distance from Durham Cathedral. Taking its name from a medieval Prince-Bishop of Durham, the college was founded in 1846 as Bishop Hatfield's Hall by David Melville, a former Oxford don.
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