POTCHEFSTROOM

North West · SOUTH AFRICA (ZA) · 26.72°S / 27.10°E

ADM1 · ID GeoNames 964,349

Potchefstroom is a city in South Africa with a population of 178,285. It sits at -26.72/27.10, runs on Africa/Johannesburg, is 35 km from Stilfontein.

Population 178,285

Place Type County Seat

Elevation n/a

Timezone Africa/Johannesburg

All facts

fields

Country: South Africa
Subdivision: North West
Coords: 26.72°S / 27.10°E
UTC offset: +2
DST: Observed

Proximity

nearest 8 · within 50 km

SW Stilfontein North West 93,110 35.9 km

NE Welverdiend Gauteng 3,244 40.5 km

SE Parys Free State 71,319 41.1 km

SE Vredefort Free State 17,515 41.6 km

SW Umzimhle North West 7,352 44.0 km

W Klerksdorp North West 227,039 45.6 km

NE Fochville North West 62,416 46.7 km

NE Carletonville Gauteng 182,304 49.3 km

Air access

nearby

PCF

Potchefstroom Airport

Medium airport

0.0 km

KXE

P C Pelser Airport

Medium airport

41.7 km

FAPY

Parys Airport

Small airport

44.4 km

FAQ

3 questions

What is the population of Potchefstroom?: 178,285 people, per GeoNames.
Which timezone is Potchefstroom in?: Africa/Johannesburg.
Which country is Potchefstroom in?: South Africa (ZA).

Get this page as JSON

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$ curl https://api.cityapi.org/v1/cities/964349

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  "data": {
    "id": 964349,
    "name": "Potchefstroom",
    "ascii_name": "Potchefstroom",
    "country_code": "ZA",
    "population": 178285,
    "elevation": null,
    "timezone_id": "Africa/Johannesburg",
    "feature_class": "P",
    "feature_code": "PPLA3",
    "latitude": -26.71667,
    "longitude": 27.1
  }
}