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Sasolburg | |
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Coordinates: 26°48′51″S 27°49′43″E / 26.81417°S 27.82861°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Free State |
District | Fezile Dabi |
Municipality | Metsimaholo |
Area | |
• Total | 58.6 km2 (22.6 sq mi) |
Population (2023)[1] | |
• Total | 76,349 |
• Density | 1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 31% |
• Coloured | 1.6% |
• Indian/Asian | 1.0% |
• White | 66.1% |
• Other | 0.3% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 64.0% |
• Sotho | 16.4% |
• English | 9.0% |
• Zulu | 2.8% |
• Other | 7.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 1947 |
PO box | 1947 |
Area code | 016 |
Website | http://www.metsimahololoLocalMunicipality.gov.za |
Sasolburg is a city in the Free State province of South Africa. The city is located in the northern part of the province and is the seat of the Metsimaholo Local Municipality.
The city lies 13 kilometres south of the Gauteng province and forms part of the Vaal Triangle (Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging and Sasolburg) region. Most white residents of Sasolburg speak Afrikaans as a first language, while most black residents speak Sesotho as a first language.