Polokwane

Polokwane is a city of 130,000 people in . It is the capital of the Province. It is South Africa's largest urban centre north of Gauteng. It used to be known as Pietersburg.
  • City with about 629,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,310 metres (4,300 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code PTG
  • …is also known as “Pietrsburg”
  • …was formerly known as “Pietersburg”
  • Description: South African city

Places of Interest

Highlights include Old Peter Mokaba Stadium and Christ Church, Polokwane.
Stadium
is a multi-purpose stadium in Polokwane, .
Church
Christ Church is a parish in the Anglican Diocese…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bendor Park and Annadale.
Suburb
, is a suburb in Polokwane under the…
Suburb
, is a pre-urban human settlement situated…
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Latitude
-23.9058° or 23° 54′ 21″ south
Longitude
29.4614° or 29° 27′ 41″ east
UN/LOCODE
ZA POL and ZA PTG
Open location code
5G8F3FV6+MH
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Polokwane” goes by many names.
PietersburgAfrikaans
PolokwaneAfrikaans
PolokwaneAlbanian
ፖሎክዋኔAmharic
بولوكوانArabic
بولوكوينArabic
ՊոլոկվանեArmenian
PolokwaneAsturian
PolokwaneAzerbaijani
PolokwaneBalinese
PietersburgBasque
PolokwaneBasque
PietersburgBavarian
PolokwaneBavarian
ПалакванэBelarusian
ПітэрсбургBelarusian
পোলোক্ওয়ানেBengali
ПолокванеBulgarian
PietersburgCatalan
PolokwaneCatalan
PolokwaneCebuano
Polokwane (kapital sa lalawigan)Cebuano
彼得斯堡Chinese
波洛夸內Chinese
波洛夸内Chinese
波羅克瓦尼Chinese
PietersburgCroatian
PolokwaneCroatian
PietersburgCzech
PolokwaneCzech
PietersburgDanish
PolokwaneDanish
PietersburgDutch
PolokwaneDutch
بولوكوانEgyptian Arabic
PietersburgEsperanto
PolokwaneEsperanto
PietersburgEstonian
PolokwaneEstonian
PietersburgFinnish
PolokwaneFinnish
Pietersburg (historical)French
PietersburgGalician
PolokwaneGalician
პოლოკვანეGeorgian
ΠολοκουάνεGreek
પોલોકવેનGujarati
PietersburgHakka Chinese
PolokwaneHausa
פולוקוואנהHebrew
פולוקוונהHebrew
פיטרסבורגHebrew
पोलक्वानीHindi
PietersburgHungarian
PolokwaneHungarian
PietersburgIndonesian
PolokwaneIndonesian
PolokwaneIrish
PietersburgItalian
PolokwaneItalian
ポロクワネJapanese
PietersburgJavanese
PolokwaneJavanese
ಪೊಲೊಕ್ವಾನೆKannada
ПолокванеKazakh
ПолокванеKirghiz
폴로콰네Korean
폴로퀘인Korean
피터즈버그Korean
PetriburgumLatin
PietersburgLatin
PolokwaneLatin
PietersburgLatvian
PītersbērhaLatvian
PītersburgaLatvian
PolokvaneLatvian
PolokwaneLatvian
PitersburgasLithuanian
PolokvanėLithuanian
ПолокванеMacedonian
PolokwaneMalagasy
PietersburgMalay
PolokwaneMalay
पोलोक्वानेMarathi
PolokwaneNorthern Frisian
PolokwaneNorwegian
City of starsNorwegian Bokmål
PietersburgNorwegian Bokmål
PolokwaneNorwegian Bokmål
PolokwaneOromo
ਪੋਲੋਕਵਾਨੇPanjabi
PietersburgPedi
PolokwanePedi
PietersburgPennsylvania German
PolokwanePennsylvania German
پولوکوانهPersian
پولوکووینPersian
پولوکوینPersian
PietersburgPolish
PolokwanePolish
پولوکوانهPushto
PietersburgRomanian
PolokwaneRomanian
ПитерсбургRussian
ПолокванеRussian
PietersburgScots
PolokwaneScots
PietersburgSerbian
PolokvaneSerbian
PolokwaneSerbian
ПолокванеSerbian
PietersburgSerbo-Croatian
PolokwaneSerbo-Croatian
PietersburgSilesian
PolokwaneSilesian
පොලොක්වනේSinhala
PietersburgSlovenian
PolokwaneSlovenian
PolokwaneSomali
پولوکوینSouth Azerbaijani
PolokwaneSouth Ndebele
PietersburgSouthern Sotho
PolokwaneSouthern Sotho
PietersburgSwahili
PolokwaneSwahili
PietersburgSwedish
PolokwaneSwedish
ПолокванеTajik
பொலொக்வானேTamil
ПолокванеTatar
పొలాక్ వానేTelugu
PolokwaneThai
ปีเตอร์สเบิร์กThai
โพโลควานีThai
โพโลเควนThai
PietersburgTswana
PolokwaneTswana
PietersburgTurkish
PolokwaneTurkish
ПолокванеUkrainian
پولوکوانےUrdu
PolokwaneUzbek
PietersburgVenda
PolokwaneVenda
PolokvaneVeps
PolokwaneVietnamese
PolokwaneWaray (Philippines)
پولوکوینWestern Panjabi
波罗克瓦尼Wu Chinese
PolokwaneXhosa
PietersburgYoruba
PolokwaneYoruba
波羅瓜尼Yue Chinese
PietersburgZulu
PolokwaneZulu

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