Region · South Africa

North West

South Africa

Cities listed

2.07M

combined population

Rustenburg

largest city

29 listed cities in North West

Share of country

4.4%

Of South Africa's listed city population

Median city

49,366

People, half are smaller

Above 100,000

of 29 listed

Smallest listed

15,996

Makwassie

Cities in North West

All 295 in South Africa

Sortable and searchable. Ranks are within the whole country, not the region. This is not a complete list of settlements — only places GeoNames lists at 15,000 or more.

29 cities

cities table, sortable

19	Rustenburg	373,695	0.6%
32	Klerksdorp	227,039	0.4%
38	Potchefstroom	178,285	0.3%
56	Brits	122,497	0.2%
61	Hammanskraal	112,950	0.2%
64	Orkney	110,052	0.2%
73	Stilfontein	93,110	0.1%
78	Ga-Rankuwa	90,945	0.1%
88	Mafikeng	77,110	0.1%
96	Schweizer-Reneke	70,214	0.1%
100	Lichtenburg	65,863	0.1%
103	Fochville	62,416	0.1%
109	Vryburg	55,879	0.1%
121	Letlhabile	49,718	0.1%
125	Wolmaransstad	49,366	0.1%
162	Bloemhof	33,432	0.1%
174	Hartbeestfontein-A	31,554	0.0%
189	Hartbeespoort	26,732	0.0%
191	Ventersdorp	26,446	0.0%
199	Christiana	25,019	0.0%
205	Itsoseng	23,913	0.0%
207	Marikana	23,389	0.0%
208	Koster	23,361	0.0%
216	Hartbeesfontein	22,294	0.0%
218	Ottosdal	22,011	0.0%
230	Coligny	20,701	0.0%
246	Zeerust	19,154	0.0%
277	Leeudoringstad	16,042	0.0%
278	Makwassie	15,996	0.0%

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