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Piet Retief, South Africa
Place in Mpumalanga, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Piet Retief, officially eMkhondo, is a town situated in a timber-growing region in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. It is the seat of the Mkhondo Local Municipality. It is located not far from the Eswatini border.
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Piet Retief
eMkhondo | |
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![]() Typical colonial building in central eMkhondo | |
Coordinates: 27°0′S 30°48′E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Mpumalanga |
District | Gert Sibande |
Municipality | Mkhondo |
Established | 1882 |
Area | |
• Total | 66.00 km2 (25.48 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,251 m (4,104 ft) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 57,428 |
• Density | 870/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 88.2% |
• Coloured | 1.3% |
• Indian/Asian | 2.1% |
• White | 8.0% |
• Other | 0.4% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 82.8% |
• Afrikaans | 7.8% |
• English | 5.0% |
• Other | 4.4% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2380 |
PO box | 2380 |
Area code | 017 |
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