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Secunda | |
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| Coordinates: 26°30′58″S 29°12′10″E / 26.51611°S 29.20278°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Mpumalanga |
| District | Gert Sibande |
| Municipality | Govan Mbeki |
| Area | |
| • Total | 173.71 km2 (67.07 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 40,198 |
| • Density | 230/km2 (600/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • White | 71.9% |
| • Black African | 20.6% |
| • Coloured | 3.8% |
| • Indian/Asian | 3.0% |
| • Other | 0.7% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 69.5% |
| • English | 13.3% |
| • Zulu | 6.5% |
| • Sotho | 2.5% |
| • Other | 8.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2302 |
| PO box | 2302 |
| Area code | 017 |
Secunda (from Latin: second, secund, secundi meaning second/following) is a town built amidst the coalfields of the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. It was named for being the second Sasol extraction refinery producing oil from coal, after Sasolburg,[2] some 140 kilometres (87 mi) to the west.