Polokwane at a glance
Meaning 'Place of Safety', is a city in the Polokwane Local Municipality and the capital of the Limpopo province, South Africa. It is also often referred to by its former official name Pietersburg. Polokwane is a major urban centre, the biggest and most important north of Gauteng. Polokwane was one of the host cities of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The town officially became a city on April 23, 1992; on February 25, 2005, the government declared the official name of the city as Polokwane, a name that was generally in use by the speakers of Northern Sotho.
The South African Census showed the population of Polokwane as 271,911 in 2001 and 503,000 in 2010. Much of this growth is ascribed to an influx of people from other, more rural, municipal areas into Polokwane, where the perception of more employment and greater economic wealth exists.
Polokwane features a semi-arid climate under the Köppen climate classification. Despite its position on the Tropic of Capricorn the climate is tempered by its position on a plateau 1230 meters above sea level. Polokwane has a dry climate with a summer rainy season and a pronounced dry spell during winter. Average annual rainfall is 495 millimetres (19.5 in), with December or (less often) January the wettest month and July the driest.
A public airport, Polokwane International Airport is located just North of the city. There are daily flights to Johannesburg. Polokwane lies roughly halfway between Gauteng (300 km) and the Zimbabwean border (200 km) on the N1 highway, which connects Zimbabwe with the major cities of South Africa, such as Pretoria, Johannesburg, Bloemfontein and Cape Town. Running east, the R71 connects the city with Tzaneen, Phalaborwa and the Kruger National Park.
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