Badplaas
Badplaas
eBhadini eManzana | |
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The main swimming pool at Badplaas | |
| Coordinates: 25°57′14″S 30°34′00″E / 25.95389°S 30.56667°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Mpumalanga |
| District | Gert Sibande |
| Municipality | Albert Luthuli |
| • Councillor | (ANC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 37.97 km2 (14.66 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,110 m (3,640 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 582 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (40/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 62.5% |
| • Coloured | 2.1% |
| • Indian/Asian | 3.3% |
| • White | 31.1% |
| • Other | 1.0% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Swazi | 40.0% |
| • Afrikaans | 31.7% |
| • English | 12.8% |
| • Zulu | 5.3% |
| • Other | 10.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 1190 |
| PO box | 1190 |
| Area code | 017 |
Badplaas, current officially named eManzana, is a small town on the R38 road in eastern Mpumalanga, South Africa. The town covers a total area of 14.66 square metres per miles which is equal 37.96 KM squared of land. It was established in 1876 on the Seekoeispruit, in the foothills of the Dlomodlomo Mountains (meaning "place of much thunder"), at the site of a sulphur spring that delivers ±30,000 litres of hot water (at ±50 °C) per hour. Multiple sulphur springs are found around the area, including the one situated at Mkhingoma on the Mkhomazana river.