Marikana
Marikana, also known as Rooikoppies, is a town in the Rustenburg Local Municipality, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality in the North West province of South Africa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 23,400 residents
- Description: Platinum mining town in the land of Bapo nation, in North West Province, South Africa
- Also known as: “Rooikoppies”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mooinooi.
Mooinooi
Town
Mooinooi is a platinum and palladium mining town in the North West province of South Africa, roughly halfway between Brits and Rustenburg. Formerly a boomtown, the Great Recession caused the town to go bust. Mooinooi is situated 9 km southeast of Marikana.
Marikana
- Category: locality
- Location: Rustenburg Local Municipality, Bojanala, North West Province, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-25.68794° or 25° 41′ 17″ southLongitude
27.49154° or 27° 29′ 30″ eastPopulation
23,400Elevation
1,170 metres (3,839 feet)Open location code
5G698F6R+RJOpenStreetMap ID
node 262721256OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
11204123Wikidata ID
Q1014271
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Marikana” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Marikana”
- Afrikaans: “Rooikoppies”
- Asturian: “Marikana”
- Basque: “Marikana”
- Dutch: “Marikana”
- Estonian: “Marikana”
- French: “Marikana”
- German: “Marikana”
- Greek: “Μαρικάνα”
- Japanese: “マリカナ”
- Pedi: “Marikana”
- Portuguese: “Marikana”
- Romanian: “Marikana”
- Scots: “Marikana”
- Spanish: “Marikana”
- Swedish: “Marikana”
- Zulu: “IMarikana”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Marikana West and Wonderkop.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Marikana massacre and Marikana Police Station.
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