Rustenburg is a city at the foot of the Magaliesberg mountain range and the most populous city in South Africa's North West province. In 2017 the city's gross domestic product reached 63.8 billion rand, accounting for 21.1 percent of the province's GDP, and it was one of the official host cities of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, serving as the England national football team's base camp.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Rustenburg - Wikipedia
Infobox and opening paragraph, population
549,575 in 2011 and 626,522 in the 2016 census
Infobox and opening paragraph, population year
549,575 in 2011 and 626,522 in the 2016 census
Infobox, coordinates, latitude
25°40′00″S 27°14′34″E
Infobox, coordinates, longitude
25°40′00″S 27°14′34″E
Infobox, elevation
1,170 m (3,840 ft)
Infobox, area
282.42 km2 (109.04 sq mi)
Infobox: established_date
1851
- In Group: Cities of Southern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source2. GeoNames: Rustenburg - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 958724
-25.66756 27.24208 P PPLA3 ZA 10 DC37 NW373 373695 1171 Africa/Johannesburg
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 1171 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -25.75, 27.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -25.75, 27.25
-25.75 27.25 Cwa
Wikidata: Rustenburg
Wikidata Q182049, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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