Heidelberg | |
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Coordinates: 26°30′02″S 28°21′30″E / 26.50056°S 28.35833°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
District | Sedibeng |
Municipality | Lesedi |
Established | 1886[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 40.26 km2 (15.54 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 35,563 |
• Density | 880/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 56.8% |
• Coloured | 1.8% |
• Indian/Asian | 3.2% |
• White | 37.3% |
• Other | 1.0% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 37.6% |
• Zulu | 25.0% |
• Sotho | 18.4% |
• English | 8.6% |
• Other | 10.4% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 1441 |
PO box | 1438 |
Area code | 016 |
Heidelberg is a town with 35,500 inhabitants in the Gauteng province of South Africa, some 50 kilometres south-east of Johannesburg, close to the Mpumalanga border. It sits at the eastern end of the Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve, next to the N3 highway connecting Johannesburg and Durban.