Heidelberg, Gauteng
Heidelberg | |
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Heidelberg Town Hall | |
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| Coordinates: 26°30′02″S 28°21′30″E / 26.50056°S 28.35833°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| District | Sedibeng |
| Municipality | Lesedi |
| Established | 1886 |
| Area | |
• Total | 40.26 km2 (15.54 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 35,563 |
| • Density | 883.3/km2 (2,288/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 56.8% |
| • Coloured | 1.8% |
| • Indian/Asian | 3.2% |
| • White | 37.3% |
| • Other | 1.0% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 37.6% |
| • Zulu | 25.0% |
| • Sotho | 18.4% |
| • English | 8.6% |
| • Other | 10.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 1441 |
| PO box | 1438 |
| Area code | 016 |
Heidelberg is a town with 35,500 inhabitants in the Gauteng province of South Africa, some 50 kilometres south-east of Johannesburg, close to the Mpumalanga border. It sits at the eastern end of the Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve, next to the N3 highway connecting Johannesburg and Durban.