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Burgersfort

Place in Limpopo, South Africa

Burgersfort Tubatse Platinum City
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24°40′S 30°19′E / 24.667°S 30.317°E / -24.667; 30.317
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Sekhukhune
Municipality	Fetakgomo Tubatse
Area ^[1]
• Total	28.10 km² (10.85 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	6,369
• Density	230/km² (590/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) ^[1]
• Black African	65.6%
• Coloured	3.2%
• Indian/Asian	4.8%
• White	25.8%
• Other	0.6%
First languages (2011) ^[1]
• 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, 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]

References

^ ^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