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Rustenburg
North West, South Africa · Africa
About Rustenburg
Rustenburg sits on the route: 25 minutes from Marikana.
Rustenburg is in North West, South Africa, with about 370,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Marikana, about 24 km away.
Rustenburg (; Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈrœstənbœrχ], Afrikaans and Dutch: Town of Rest) is a City at the foot of the Magaliesberg mountain range. Rustenburg is the most populous city in North West province, South Africa (549,575 in 2011 and 626,522 in the 2016 census). In 2017, the city's Gross Domestic Product (GDP)Read more
reached ZAR 63.8 billion, accounting for 21.1% of the GDP of the North West Province, and 1.28% of the GDP of South Africa. Rustenburg was one of the official host cities of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, being in close proximity to Phokeng, the capital of the Royal Bafokeng Nation, where the Royal Bafokeng Stadium is located. The England national football team also used this as their base camp for the tournament.
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Rustenburg is in North West, South Africa, about 24 km from Marikana.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 373,695
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- South Africa
- Region
- North West
- Timezone
- Africa/Johannesburg
- Coordinates
- -25.6676, 27.2421
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