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___ Satellite View and Map of the City of Rustenburg, South Africa

Panorama of the Cape Town, South Africa
Royal Bafokeng Stadium at night.
Image: Courtesy of Royal Bafokeng Nation

Searchable Map of Rustenburg using Google Earth Data

Satellite View is showing Rustenburg, a city in the Bojanala Platinum District in North West Province of South Africa. The city is located in central nord of the country on the Highveld Plateau at the foot of the Magaliesberg mountain range. The city lies on a major highwayabout 160 km from Johannesburg and 100 km from Pretoria.

Rustenburg has a population of about 400,000 inhabitants about 1 million live in the greater metropolitan area. Spoken languages are Tswana (Setswana ) 64.8%, Afrikaans 9.2%, Xhosa 7.6%, Sotho 6.8%, and Tsonga 3.4%.

The city was the hometown of Paul Kruger, the State President (1883–1900) of the South African Republic (Transvaal).
Rustenburg is one of the oldest towns in the North West province, it was founded in 1851 by Boers (white farmers).
Around the area of the city are the two largest platinum mines in the world, the Pilanesberg National Park, a game reserve almost half the size of Belgium, and the Madikwe National Park with the 2nd largest concentration of elephants in the country.

The map shows a city map of Rustenburg with expressways, main roads and streets, and the location of the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Phokeng northwest of the city. Zoom out (-) to find Rustenburg Airfield.

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Local Time Rustenburg:
Monday-May-21  10:41 (UTC/GMT +2 hours)

 
Google Map: Searchable Map and Satellite View of the City of Rustenburg, North West, South Africa.
 
City Coordinates: 25°40′05″S 27°14′19″E
φ Latitude, λ Longitude (of Map center):

Related South Africa Pages:

Other major Cities in South Africa:
Bloemfontein Cape Town Durban Johannesburg Nelspruit Polokwane Port Elizabeth Pretoria

Country:
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Political Map of South Africa
Map of South Africa Provinces

South Africa Country Profile
South African Provinces
South Africa in numbers
South Africa key statistical data.
History of South Africa

Continent:
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External Links
Wikipedia: Rustenburg
Wikipedia article about Rustenburg.
 
Rustenburg Current Weather Conditions

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