Marikana
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Marikana, also known as Rooikoppies, is a town in the Rustenburg Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality in the North West province of South Africa.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Marikana (Maretlwane)
- Settlement.native_name
- Rooikoppies
- Settlement.other_name
- Koppies
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- South Africa North West#South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- North West
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bojanala Platinum
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Rustenburg
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 17.54
- Settlement.population_total
- 19522
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- Rustenburg Local Municipality
- Area
- 17.54
- Dialing code
- 014
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- Commons category
- Marikana
- postal code
- 0284
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- History
- References
Marikana, also known as Rooikoppies, is a town in the Rustenburg Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality in the North West province of South Africa.
The name Rooikoppies means 'red hills' in Afrikaans.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marikana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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