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Potchefstroom is a city of 43,000 people (2011) that is part of JB Marks Local Municipality in North West Province. It is a university town with several museums and historical sites.
Potchefstroom (Afrikaans, colloquially Potch) is an academic city in the North West Province of South Africa. It hosts the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University. Potchefstroom is on the Mooi Rivier (Afrikaans for "pretty river"), roughly 120 km (75 mi) west-southwest of Johannesburg and 45 km (28 mi) east-northeast of Klerksdorp. Potchefstroom, together with Rustenburg, is the second-largest city in the North West Province. The largest city, Klerksdorp, is about 45 kilometers (28 mi) away.