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Riebeeckstad
Place in Free State, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Riebeeckstad is a suburb 5 km east of the city of Welkom located in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality of the Free State province of South Africa.
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Riebeeckstad | |
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![]() A shopping centre in Riebeeckstad | |
Coordinates: 27.918777°S 26.818777°E / -27.918777; 26.818777 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Free State |
District | Lejweleputswa |
Municipality | Matjhabeng |
Government | |
• Type | Part of Municipality |
• Mayor | Sebenzile Ngangelizwe (ANC) |
Area | |
• Total | 13.22 km2 (5.10 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 11,268 |
• Density | 850/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 49.2% |
• Coloured | 1.8% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
• White | 48.4% |
• Other | 0.4% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 48.3% |
• Sotho | 32.4% |
• English | 8.6% |
• Xhosa | 4.0% |
• Other | 6.7% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 9459 |
PO box | 9469 |
Area code | 057 |
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