Volksrust | |
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Coordinates: 27°22′S 29°53′E / 27.367°S 29.883°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Mpumalanga |
District | Gert Sibande |
Municipality | Pixley ka Seme |
Established | 1888 |
Area | |
• Total | 25.43 km2 (9.82 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,660 m (5,450 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 24,281 |
• Density | 950/km2 (2,500/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 79.56% |
• White | 16.46% |
• Indian/Asian | 1.99% |
• Coloured | 1.65% |
• Other | 0.34% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 72.38% |
• Afrikaans | 15.77% |
• English | 4.41% |
• Sesotho | 1.74% |
• SiSwati | 1.28% |
• Setswana | 1.13% |
• isiNdebele | 0.96% |
• Other | 0.95% |
• Sign language | 0.45% |
• Sepedi | 0.40% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2470 |
PO box | 2470 |
Area code | 017 |
Volksrust is a town in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa near the KwaZulu-Natal provincial border, some 240 km southeast of Johannesburg, 53 km north of Newcastle and 80 km southeast of Standerton.