Heidelberg, Gauteng

Heidelberg
Heidelberg Town Hall
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Coordinates: 26°30′02″S 28°21′30″E / 26.50056°S 28.35833°E / -26.50056; 28.35833
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
District	Sedibeng
Municipality	Lesedi
Established	1886[1]
Area [2]
• Total	40.26 km2 (15.54 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	35,563
• Density	880/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	56.8%
• Coloured	1.8%
• Indian/Asian	3.2%
• White	37.3%
• Other	1.0%
First languages (2011) [2]
• Afrikaans	37.6%
• Zulu	25.0%
• Sotho	18.4%
• English	8.6%
• Other	10.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	1441
PO box	1438
Area code	016

Heidelberg is a town with 35,500 inhabitants in the Gauteng province of South Africa, some 50 kilometres south-east of Johannesburg, close to the Mpumalanga border. It sits at the eastern end of the Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve, next to the N3 highway connecting Johannesburg and Durban.