Burgersfort

Burgersfort is located in the valley of the Spekboom River^[2] at the edge of the Bushveld Complex in the Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality of the Limpopo province of South Africa, near the border with the Mpumalanga province. The town was named after a hexagonal fort built there during the 1876-77 Second War against the Bapedi of King Sekhukhune, and was named after President TF Burgers of the ZAR. The town serves as a meeting point for two major roads, the R37 and R555. The region is rich in platinum and platinum group metals.^[3] The town's neighbouring towns are Mashishing (60 km), Steelpoort (16 km) and Ohrigstad (26 km).^[4]

Burgersfort Tubatse Platinum City
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Coordinates: 24°40′S 30°19′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Sekhukhune
Municipality	Fetakgomo Tubatse
Area [1]
• Total	28.10 km2 (10.85 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	6,369
• Density	226.7/km2 (587.0/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	65.6%
• Coloured	3.2%
• Indian/Asian	4.8%
• White	25.8%
• Other	0.6%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Sepedi language	31.3%
• Afrikaans	27.9%
• English	16.8%
• Zulu	3.8%
• Other	20.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	1150
PO box	1150
Area code	013