Wierdapark

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Wierdapark

| pushpin_map = South Africa Gauteng#South Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|25.8605|S|28.1445|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Gauteng

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_type3 = Municipality

| subdivision_name3 = City of Tshwane

| subdivision_type4 = Main Place

| subdivision_name4 = Centurion

| established_title = Established

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 9.47

| population_footnotes = {{Cite web|url=https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/799059038|title=Census 2011: Sub Place: Wierda Park|website=census2011.adrianfrith.com|access-date=2019-01-19}}

| population_total = 6348

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)

| demographics1_footnotes = {{Cite web|url=https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/799059038|title=Census 2011: Sub Place: Wierda Park|website=census2011.adrianfrith.com|access-date=2019-01-19}}

| demographics1_title1 = Black African

| demographics1_info1 = 13,49%

| demographics1_title2 = Coloured

| demographics1_info2 = 1.37%

| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian

| demographics1_info3 = 3.75%

| demographics1_title4 = White

| demographics1_info4 = 82.37%

| demographics1_title5 = Other

| demographics1_info5 =

| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)

| demographics2_footnotes = {{Cite web|url=https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/799059038|title=Census 2011: Sub Place: Wierda Park|website=census2011.adrianfrith.com|access-date=2019-01-19}}

| demographics2_title1 = Afrikaans

| demographics2_info1 = 70.45%

| demographics2_title2 = English

| demographics2_info2 = 19.05%

| demographics2_title3 = Northern Sotho

| demographics2_info3 = 2.14%

| demographics2_title4 =

| demographics2_info4 =

| demographics2_title5 =

| demographics2_info5 =

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)

| postal_code = 0157

| postal2_code_type = PO box

| postal2_code = 0149

| area_code_type = Area code

| official_name =

}}

Wierdapark is a suburb of Centurion, Gauteng, near Pretoria, and is located in the province of Gauteng, South Africa.{{Cite web|url=https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/799059038|title=Census 2011: Sub Place: Wierda Park|website=census2011.adrianfrith.com|access-date=2019-01-19}}

History

Wierdapark was named after the chief architect of the Transvaal Republic, Sytze Wopkes Wierda, who engineered the Wierda Bridge.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dutchfootsteps.co.za/wierdabridge.html|title=Welcome {{!}} Dutch Footsteps - Wierda Bridge|website=www.dutchfootsteps.co.za|access-date=2019-01-19}} The area in which the suburb is located was once part of a farm known as Cyferfontein.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

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