Burgersfort | |
Other Name: | Platinum City |
Native Name: | Tubatse |
Pushpin Map: | South Africa Limpopo#South Africa |
Coordinates: | -24.6667°N 49°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Limpopo |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Sekhukhune |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Fetakgomo Tubatse |
Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
Established Title: | Established |
Leader Title: | Councillor |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 28.10 |
Population Total: | 6369 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
Demographics1 Info1: | 65.6% |
Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
Demographics1 Info2: | 3.2% |
Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
Demographics1 Info3: | 4.8% |
Demographics1 Title4: | White |
Demographics1 Info4: | 25.8% |
Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
Demographics1 Info5: | 0.6% |
Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
Demographics2 Title1: | Sepedi language |
Demographics2 Info1: | 31.3% |
Demographics2 Title2: | Afrikaans |
Demographics2 Info2: | 27.9% |
Demographics2 Title3: | English |
Demographics2 Info3: | 16.8% |
Demographics2 Title4: | Zulu |
Demographics2 Info4: | 3.8% |
Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
Demographics2 Info5: | 20.1% |
Timezone1: | SAST |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
Postal Code: | 1150 |
Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
Postal2 Code: | 1150 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
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]