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Sasolburg city | |
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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 the third largest city (after Bloemfontein, Welkom) within the Metsimaholo Local Municipality in the far north of the Free State province of South Africa and is further sub-divided into three areas: Sasolburg proper, Vaalpark (a more affluent cluster of suburbs located about 5 km north of the Sasolburg CBD) and Zamdela (a townships).
The city is located only 13km south of the province of Gauteng and forms part of the Vaal Triangle (Vanderbijlpark, Vereeniging, and Sasolburg) regions. It is only an hour's drive from Johannesburg. Most white residents of Sasolburg speak Afrikaans as a first language, while most black people who live in Zamdela speak Sesotho as a first language. The Sasol corporation has sponsored infrastructural developments in Sasolburg, such as an Olympic size swimming pool named after Penelope Heyns.[citation needed]