Heidelberg, Gauteng

Heidelberg
Heidelberg Town Hall
Heidelberg Town Hall
Heidelberg is located in Gauteng
Heidelberg
Heidelberg
Heidelberg is located in South Africa
Heidelberg
Heidelberg
Heidelberg is located in Africa
Heidelberg
Heidelberg
Coordinates: 26°30′02″S 28°21′30″E / 26.50056°S 28.35833°E / -26.50056; 28.35833
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceGauteng
DistrictSedibeng
MunicipalityLesedi
Established1886[1]
Area
 • Total40.26 km2 (15.54 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total35,563
 • Density880/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African56.8%
 • Coloured1.8%
 • Indian/Asian3.2%
 • White37.3%
 • Other1.0%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans37.6%
 • Zulu25.0%
 • Sotho18.4%
 • English8.6%
 • Other10.4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
1441
PO box
1438
Area code016

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.

  1. ^ Robson, Linda Gillian (2011). "Annexure A" (PDF). The Royal Engineers and settlement planning in the Cape Colony 1806–1872: Approach, methodology and impact (PhD thesis). University of Pretoria. pp. xlv–lii. hdl:2263/26503.
  2. ^ a b c d "Main Place Heidelberg". Census 2011.