Volksrust

Volksrust
SAR Class 19D 2696 4-8-2 plinthed in Volksrust, 2 June 2005
SAR Class 19D 2696 4-8-2 plinthed in Volksrust, 2 June 2005
Volksrust is located in Mpumalanga
Volksrust
Volksrust
Volksrust is located in South Africa
Volksrust
Volksrust
Coordinates: 27°22′S 29°53′E / 27.367°S 29.883°E / -27.367; 29.883
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceMpumalanga
DistrictGert Sibande
MunicipalityPixley ka Seme
Established1888
Area
 • Total
25.43 km2 (9.82 sq mi)
Elevation
1,660 m (5,450 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
24,281
 • Density950/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African79.56%
 • White16.46%
 • Indian/Asian1.99%
 • Coloured1.65%
 • Other0.34%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu72.38%
 • Afrikaans15.77%
 • English4.41%
 • Sesotho1.74%
 • SiSwati1.28%
 • Setswana1.13%
 • isiNdebele0.96%
 • Other0.95%
 • Sign language0.45%
 • Sepedi0.40%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
2470
PO box
2470
Area code017

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.