Vanderbijlpark
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| Coordinates | 26 ° 42 ′ S , 27 ° 50 ′ E | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
| Gauteng | |||
| District | Sedibeng | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-GP | ||
| local community | Emfuleni | ||
| height | 1468 m | ||
| surface | 233 km² | ||
| Residents | 95,840 (2011) | ||
| density | 411.3 Ew. / km² | ||
| founding | 1920 | ||
| Post Code | 1900-B-1916 | ||
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Special features: industrial city |
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 Industrial plants in Vanderbijlpark
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Vanderbijlpark is a city in Gauteng Province in South Africa . It is located on the Vaal River , extends over an area of 233 square kilometers and is at an altitude of 1468 meters above sea level. Vanderbijlpark is the seat of the municipality of Emfuleni .
Together with the neighboring cities of Vereeniging and Sasolburg , Vanderbijlpark forms the so-called “Vaal Triangle”, one of the largest industrial areas in South Africa. Established in 1947, Vanderbijlpark Engineering Corporation (vecor), today SARCO, built a heavy industry plant in the city, which established in 2007/08 22,000 tons of steel products.
The townships Boipatong , Bophelong , Sebokeng and Sharpeville are close to the city.
history
The city was founded in 1920 by Hendrik van der Bijl , a young scientist . Van der Bijl had returned to his home country at the invitation of then Prime Minister Jan Smuts to work as a technical advisor to the government and to set up an industrial area.
education
There are 16 primary and 8 secondary schools in Vanderbijlpark . The Technical University of Vaal is based in the city. In addition, the North-West University maintains a campus responsible for the Vaal Triangle in the city.
Demographics
In 2001 Vanderbijlpark had 80,201 inhabitants, of which 70.2% were white , 28.7% were black African , 0.8% of Asian origin and 0.4% were colored . In 2011, 95,840 people lived in the city.
Personalities
- Albertus Jacobus Hoffmann (born May 18, 1955 in Vanderbijlpark), lawyer and judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Vanderbijlpark - Gauteng Homepage ( English ) Gauteng Happenings . Retrieved February 26, 2010.
- ↑ Vanderbijlpark, South Africa Page ( English ) Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. . Retrieved February 26, 2010.
- ↑ SARCO website , accessed on October 8, 2012
- ^ Website of the Vaal Triangle Campus (English), accessed on October 8, 2012