Piet Retief, South Africa
Piet Retief
eMkhondo | |
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Typical colonial building in central eMkhondo | |
| Coordinates: 27°0′S 30°48′E / 27.000°S 30.800°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Mpumalanga |
| District | Gert Sibande |
| Municipality | Mkhondo |
| Established | 1882 |
| Area | |
• Total | 66.00 km2 (25.48 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,251 m (4,104 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 57,428 |
| • Density | 870/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 88.2% |
| • Coloured | 1.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 2.1% |
| • White | 8.0% |
| • Other | 0.4% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 82.8% |
| • Afrikaans | 7.8% |
| • English | 5.0% |
| • Other | 4.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2380 |
| PO box | 2380 |
| Area code | 017 |
Piet Retief, officially eMkhondo, is a town situated in a timber-growing region in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. It is the seat of the Mkhondo Local Municipality. It is located just west of the Eswatini border.