Secunda, South Africa
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Secunda (from Latin: second, secund, secundi meaning second/following) is a town built amidst the coalfields of the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. It was named for being the second Sasol extraction refinery producing oil from coal, after Sasolburg,[2] some 140 kilometres (87 mi) to the west.
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Coordinates: 26°30′58″S 29°12′10″E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Mpumalanga |
District | Gert Sibande |
Municipality | Govan Mbeki |
Area | |
• Total | 173.71 km2 (67.07 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 40,198 |
• Density | 230/km2 (600/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 20.6% |
• Coloured | 3.8% |
• Indian/Asian | 3.0% |
• White | 71.9% |
• Other | 0.7% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 69.5% |
• English | 13.3% |
• Zulu | 6.5% |
• Sotho | 2.5% |
• Other | 8.1% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2302 |
PO box | 2302 |
Area code | 017 |
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