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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