Badplaas

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Badplaas eBhadini eManzana
The main swimming pool at Badplaas
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Coordinates: 25°57′14″S 30°34′00″E / 25.95389°S 30.56667°E / -25.95389; 30.56667
Country	South Africa
Province	Mpumalanga
District	Gert Sibande
Municipality	Albert Luthuli
• Councillor	(ANC)
Area [1]
• Total	37.97 km2 (14.66 sq mi)
Elevation	1,110 m (3,640 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	582
• Density	15/km2 (40/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	62.5%
• Coloured	2.1%
• Indian/Asian	3.3%
• White	31.1%
• Other	1.0%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Swazi	40.0%
• Afrikaans	31.7%
• English	12.8%
• Zulu	5.3%
• Other	10.2%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	1190
PO box	1190
Area code	017

Badplaas, current officially named eManzana, is a small town on the R38 road in eastern Mpumalanga, South Africa. The town covers a total area of 14.66 square metres per miles which is equal 37.96 KM squared of land. It was established in 1876 on the Seekoeispruit, in the foothills of the Dlomodlomo Mountains (meaning "place of much thunder"),^[2] at the site of a sulphur spring that delivers ±30,000 litres of hot water (at ±50 °C) per hour. Multiple sulphur springs are found around the area, including the one situated at Mkhingoma on the Mkhomazana river.