Secunda, South Africa
Secunda
Sekoenda in Afrikaans orthography | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 26°30′58″S 29°12′10″E / 26.51611°S 29.20278°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Mpumalanga |
| District | Gert Sibande |
| Municipality | Govan Mbeki |
| Area | |
• Total | 173.71 km2 (67.07 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 40,198 |
| • Density | 230/km2 (600/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • White | 71.9% |
| • Black African | 20.6% |
| • Coloured | 3.8% |
| • Indian/Asian | 3.0% |
| • Other | 0.7% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 69.5% |
| • English | 13.3% |
| • Zulu | 6.5% |
| • Sotho | 2.5% |
| • Other | 8.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2302 |
| PO box | 2302 |
| Area code | 017 |
Secunda (from Latin: second, secund, secundi meaning second/following) is a town built amidst the coalfields of the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. It was named for being the second Sasol extraction refinery producing oil from coal, after Sasolburg, some 140 kilometres (87 mi) to the west.