Potchefstroom

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Potchefstroom
Clockwise from top: Town Hall (on Potgieter Street), Reformed Church, Dutch Reformed Church.
Motto(s):  City of Expertise Motswe Wa Boitseanape Stad van Deskundigheid
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Coordinates: 26°42′54″S 27°06′12″E / 26.71500°S 27.10333°E / -26.71500; 27.10333
Country	South Africa
Province	North West
District	Southern
Municipality	JB Marks
Established	1838
Government
• Mayor	Kgotso Khumalo (ANC)
Area [1]
• Total	162.44 km2 (62.72 sq mi)
Elevation	1,340 m (4,400 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	43,448
• Density	270/km2 (690/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• White	70%
• Black African	25.4%
• Coloured	2.8%
• Indian/Asian	1.3%
• Other	0.5%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	71.4%
• Tswana	11.0%
• English	7.6%
• Sotho	3.9%
• Other	6.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2520
PO box	2520
Area code	018
Website	[1]

Historical states in present-day South Africa
before 1600 Kingdom of Mapungubwe (1050–1270) Kingdom of Mutapa (1430–1760)
1600–1700 Dutch Cape Colony (1652–1795)
1700–1800 Mthethwa Paramountcy (c.1780–1817) Ndwandwe (c.1780–1817) Republic of Swellendam (1795) Republic of Graaff-Reinet (1795–1796) Cape Colony (1795–1802)
1800–1850 Dutch Cape Colony (1802–1806) Cape Colony (1806–1910) Waterboer's Land (1813–1871) Zulu Kingdom (1818–1897) Adam Kok's Land (1825–1861) Winburg (1836–1844) Potchefstroom (1837–1848) Natalia Republic (1839–1843)
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Potchefstroom (locally /ˈpɒtʃɛfstrʊərm/ POTCH-ef-stroorm;^[2] Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˌpɔtʃɛfˈstruəm]), colloquially known as Potch, is an academic city in the North West Province of South Africa. It hosts the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University. Potchefstroom is on the Mooirivier (Afrikaans for "pretty river"), roughly 120 km (75 mi) west-southwest of Johannesburg and 45 km (28 mi) east-northeast of Klerksdorp.