Roodepoort

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Roodepoort
Hoërskool Bastion in Roodepoort
Roodepoort Show map of Gauteng Roodepoort Show map of South Africa
Coordinates: 26°9′45″S 27°52′21″E / 26.16250°S 27.87250°E / -26.16250; 27.87250
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Area [1]
• Total	161.50 km2 (62.36 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	326,416
• Density	2,000/km2 (5,200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	51.4%
• Coloured	8.2%
• Indian/Asian	4.0%
• White	35.4%
• Other	0.9%
First languages (2011) [1]
• English	29.8%
• Afrikaans	24.0%
• Zulu	9.0%
• Tswana	8.8%
• Other	28.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	1724
PO box	1725
Area code	011

Roodepoort (locally /ˈrʊərdəpʊərt/ ROOR-də-poort)^[2] is a city in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Formerly an independent municipality, Roodepoort became part of the Johannesburg municipality in the late 1990s, along with Randburg and Sandton. Johannesburg's most famous botanical garden, Witwatersrand National Botanical Gardens (now renamed Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden), is located in Roodepoort.