New Eersterust
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Coordinates: 25°24′39″S 28°8′0″E / 25.41083°S 28.13333°E / -25.41083; 28.13333
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Tshwane
Area [1]
• Total	23.64 km2 (9.13 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	35,059
• Density	1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	99.2%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	0.1%
• Other	0.3%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Tswana	27.6%
• Northern Sotho	22.3%
• Tsonga	21.5%
• S. Ndebele	10.4%
• Other	18.2%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)

New Eersterust (Nuwe Eersterus) is a township in northwestern Gauteng province, South Africa, about 39 km northwest of Pretoria. It is bordered to the south-west by Soshanguve and to the east by Hammanskraal. The township is commonly known as "Resi/Eersterus"^{[citation needed]}.

History

It was incorporated into the Gauteng province in 2004 under the jurisdiction of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. This semi-rural township is situated near the boundary with the North West Province.

Education

The most widely spoken languages are Tswana, Northern Sotho, Tsonga and Ndebele.

Subdivisions

The township is divided in blocks A, B, C, D1, D2, E, F1, F2, F3, F4 and Soutpan and Marikana informal settlement.^{[citation needed]} The Tswaing Crater Museum is also located in New Eersterust.