Polokwane is the capital of Limpopo Province in South Africa and the largest urban center in the country north of Gauteng. It was founded in 1886 by Voortrekkers as Pietersburg, briefly served as the Boer capital of the Transvaal and Orange Free State during the Second Boer War before the British built a concentration camp there, and it was renamed Polokwane, meaning sanctuary in Northern Sotho, on 25 February 2005. It became Limpopo's provincial capital in 1994 and hosted matches during the 2010 FIFA World Cup; the 2011 census recorded a population of 130,028.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Polokwane (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: population_total
130028
Infobox: population_as_of
2011
Infobox: area_total_km2
106.84
Infobox: elevation_m
1310
History section, Early history paragraph
they founded a new town in 1886 and named it "Pietersburg" in honour of Voortrekker leader Petrus Jacobus Joubert
Infobox, coordinates field (coord template 23|54|00|S, converted from degrees/minutes/seconds to decimal, southern hemisphere negative)
23°54′00″S 29°27′00″E
Infobox, coordinates field (coord template 29|27|00|E, converted from degrees/minutes/seconds to decimal)
23°54′00″S 29°27′00″E
- In Group: Cities of Southern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. GeoNames: Polokwane - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 965289
-23.90449 29.46885 P PPLA ZA 09 DC35 LIM354 272461 1315 Africa/Johannesburg
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 1315 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 -23.75, 29.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -23.75, 29.25
-23.75 29.25 BSh
Wikidata: Polokwane
Wikidata Q1660415, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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