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Freedom Park, North West

Coordinates: 25°34′08″S 27°15′04″E / 25.569°S 27.251°E / -25.569; 27.251
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Freedom Park
Freedom Park is located in North West (South African province)
Freedom Park
Freedom Park
Freedom Park is located in South Africa
Freedom Park
Freedom Park
Coordinates: 25°34′08″S 27°15′04″E / 25.569°S 27.251°E / -25.569; 27.251
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
DistrictBojanala Platinum
MunicipalityRustenburg
Area
 • Total6.32 km2 (2.44 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total23,156
 • Density3,700/km2 (9,500/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African98.6%
 • Coloured0.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White0.1%
 • Other1.0%
First languages (2011)
 • Tswana29.7%
 • Xhosa29.6%
 • Sotho19.0%
 • Tsonga9.3%
 • Other12.5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
1811

Freedom Park is an informal housing settlement situated near the town of Rustenburg in North West Province, South Africa. It was established in the 1980s when poor people from other parts of South Africa were attracted by the possibility of employment at the nearby Impala Platinum mine. Today the settlement has a population of approximately 25,000 people. There is little public infrastructure at Freedom Park and residents lack adequate access to sanitation, electricity, and potable water.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Freedom Park". Census 2011.
  2. ^ IRIN 2008, 'SOUTH AFRICA: Hope in a shipping container clinic', IRIN News, 25 August. Retrieved on 25 August 2008.