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Potchefstroom | |
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Clockwise from top: Town Hall (on Potgieter Street), Reformed Church, Dutch Reformed Church. | |
Motto(s): City of Expertise Motswe Wa Boitseanape Stad van Deskundigheid | |
Coordinates: 26°42′54″S 27°06′12″E / 26.71500°S 27.10333°E | |
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Province | ![]() |
District | Southern |
Municipality | JB Marks |
Established | 1838 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Kgotso Khumalo (ANC) |
Area | |
• Total | 162.44 km2 (62.72 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,340 m (4,400 ft) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 43,448 |
• Density | 270/km2 (690/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• White | 70% |
• Black African | 25.4% |
• Coloured | 2.8% |
• Indian/Asian | 1.3% |
• Other | 0.5% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 71.4% |
• Tswana | 11.0% |
• English | 7.6% |
• Sotho | 3.9% |
• Other | 6.1% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2520 |
PO box | 2520 |
Area code | 018 |
Website | [1] |
Historical states in present-day South Africa |
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Potchefstroom (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˌpɔtʃɛfˈstruəm]), colloquially known as Potch, is an academic city in the North West Province of South Africa. It hosts the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University. Potchefstroom is on the Mooirivier (Afrikaans for "pretty river"), roughly 120 km (75 mi) west-southwest of Johannesburg and 45 km (28 mi) east-northeast of Klerksdorp.