Freedom Park
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: human settlement in South Africa
- Also known as: “Freedom Park, North West”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Phokeng and Zinniaville.
Phokeng
Town
Photo: Sekwankwetla, CC0.
Phokeng is a town in Rustenburg of the North West province of South Africa. It is the capital of the Royal Bafokeng Nation. Historically, it was known as Magatostad among white South Africans. Phokeng is situated 8 km west of Freedom Park.
Zinniaville
Suburb
Zinniaville is a small suburb in the city of Rustenburg, in the North West Province of South Africa. Zinniaville is close to the world's two biggest platinum mines. Zinniaville is situated 9 km south of Freedom Park.
Freedom Park
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Rustenburg Local Municipality, Bojanala, North West Province, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-25.56241° or 25° 33′ 45″ southLongitude
27.2393° or 27° 14′ 22″ eastElevation
1,139 metres (3,737 feet)Open location code
5G69C6QQ+2POpenStreetMap ID
way 183064269OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Pedi—“Freedom Park” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Freedom Park, Noordwes”
- Afrikaans: “Freedom Park”
- Asturian: “Freedom Park, North West”
- Dutch: “Freedom Park, North West”
- Igbo: “Ogige Ntụrụndụ Freedom, North West”
- Pedi: “Freedom Park, North West”
- Pedi: “Freedom Park”
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Highlights include Kookfontein and Impala Platinum Mines Hospital (Bafokeng Hospital).
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Freedom Park”. Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.