Sheba, Mpumalanga

Place in Mpumalanga, South Africa
25°43′0″S 31°9′58″E / 25.71667°S 31.16611°E / -25.71667; 31.16611CountrySouth AfricaProvinceMpumalangaDistrictEhlanzeniMunicipalityMbombelaArea • Total2.18 km2 (0.84 sq mi)Population
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 • Total1,608 • Density740/km2 (1,900/sq mi)Racial makeup (2011) • Black African99.6% • Coloured0.4%First languages (2011) • Swazi90.6% • Tsonga3.8% • English2.5% • Other3.0%Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)Area code013

Sheba is a rural settlement northeast of Barberton in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. It is situated in the De Kaap Valley and is fringed by the Makhonjwa Mountains. It is 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Nelspruit and 360 kilometres (220 mi) to the east of Johannesburg. On Census 2011 maps it is marked as Bonanza Gold Mine, the name of an old worked-out mine.

Activities at Bray's Golden Quarry on the Sheba gold reef in 1887

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Sheba". Census 2011.
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