Riebeeckstad
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Riebeeckstad
| image_skyline = Shopping centre in Riebeeckstad.jpg
| image_caption = A shopping centre in Riebeeckstad
| pushpin_map = South Africa Free State#South Africa
| coordinates = {{coord|27.918777|S|26.818777|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = South Africa
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Free State
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Lejweleputswa
| subdivision_type3 = Municipality
| subdivision_name3 = Matjhabeng
| subdivision_type4 = Main Place
| established_title = Established
| government_type = Part of Municipality
| leader_party = ANC
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Sebenzile Ngangelizwe
| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/467006 |title = Main Place Riebeeckstad |work=Census 2011}}
| area_total_km2 = 13.22
| population_total = 11268
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)
| demographics1_title1 = Black African
| demographics1_info1 = 49.2%
| demographics1_title2 = Coloured
| demographics1_info2 = 1.8%
| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian
| demographics1_info3 = 0.3%
| demographics1_title4 = White
| demographics1_info4 = 48.4%
| demographics1_title5 = Other
| demographics1_info5 = 0.4%
| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)
| demographics2_title1 = Afrikaans
| demographics2_info1 = 48.3%
| demographics2_title2 = Sotho
| demographics2_info2 = 32.4%
| demographics2_title3 = English
| demographics2_info3 = 8.6%
| demographics2_title4 = Xhosa
| demographics2_info4 = 4.0%
| demographics2_title5 = Other
| demographics2_info5 = 6.7%
| timezone1 = SAST
| utc_offset1 = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)
| postal_code = 9459
| postal2_code_type = PO box
| postal2_code = 9469
| area_code_type = Area code
| area_code = 057
}}
Riebeeckstad is a suburb 5 km east of the city of Welkom located in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality of the Free State province of South Africa.
History
It is named after Jan van Riebeeck and was established as an upper-class{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} suburb, void of mine shafts, for people working in Welkom or on the Free State goldfields. The suburb is the largest in the city of Welkom and has a significant white population. Afrikaans is most spoken language in the suburb followed by Sesotho and English. The suburb is located few kilometres from the Central University of Technology in Welkom.
References
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{{Lejweleputswa District Municipality}}
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Category:Populated places in the Matjhabeng Local Municipality
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