Secunda, South Africa

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)
• 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.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Main Place Secunda". Census 2011.
^ Jenkins, Elwyn (2007), Falling into place: the story of modern South African place names, David Philip Publishers, p. 18

[census2011-1] "Main Place Secunda". Census 2011.

[2] Jenkins, Elwyn (2007), Falling into place: the story of modern South African place names, David Philip Publishers, p. 18

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Coordinates: 26°30′58″S 29°12′10″E / 26.51611°S 29.20278°E / -26.51611; 29.20278
Country	South Africa
Province	Mpumalanga
District	Gert Sibande
Municipality	Govan Mbeki
Area ^[1]
• Total	173.71 km² (67.07 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	40,198
• Density	230/km² (600/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) ^[1]
• White	71.9%
• Black African	20.6%
• Coloured	3.8%
• Indian/Asian	3.0%
• Other	0.7%
First languages (2011) ^[1]
• 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