Mafikeng
Mahikeng, formerly known as Mafikeng and alternatively known as Mafeking (/ˈmæfəkɪŋ/, US also /ˈmɑːf-/), is the capital city of the North West province of South Africa.
Mafikeng
Mafeking | |
|---|---|
| Mahikeng | |
Mafikeng Mafikeng Mafikeng | |
| Coordinates: 25°51′56″S 25°38′37″E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | North West |
| District | Ngaka Modiri Molema |
| Municipality | Mahikeng |
| Established | 1852 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 24.57 km2 (9.49 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,500.0 m (4,921.3 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 291 527 |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 95.5% |
| • Coloured | 2.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.8% |
| • White | 1.3% |
| • Other | 0.8% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Tswana | 78.4% |
| • English | 0.6% |
| • Afrikaans | 1.1% |
| • Sesotho | 3.0% |
| • Other | 11.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2745 |
| PO box | 2745 |
| Website | www.mahikeng.gov.za |
Close to South Africa's border with Botswana, Mafikeng is 1,400 km (870 mi) northeast of Cape Town and 260 km (160 mi) west of Johannesburg. In 2001 it had a population of 49,300. In 2007 Mafikeng was reported to have a population of 250,000, of which the CBD constituted between 69,000 and 75,000. It is built on the open veld at an elevation of 1,500 m (4,921 ft), by the banks of the Upper Molopo River. The Madibi goldfields are some 15 km (9.3 mi) south of the town.
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