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Also known as Rooikoppies

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
Area
17.54
Dialing code
014
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Commons category
Marikana
postal code
0284
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Encyclopedic overview

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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.

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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