Soutpan
Appearance
Soutpan | |
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Coordinates: 28°44′46″S 26°04′19″E / 28.746°S 26.072°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Free State |
District | Lejweleputswa |
Municipality | Masilonyana |
Main Place | Masilonyana NU |
Area | |
• Total | 44.79 km2 (17.29 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 186 |
• Density | 4.2/km2 (11/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 29.7% |
• White | 70.3% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 80.0% |
• Sotho | 8.1% |
• Tswana | 7.0% |
• English | 4.9% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
PO box | 9356 |
Area code | 051 |
Soutpan is a town in Lejweleputswa District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa.
Village 45 km west of Brandfort. Afrikaans for ‘salt pan or depression’, the name is derived from a large geographical feature of that type, on the slopes of which the Florisbad archaeological site is situated.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Soutpan". Census 2011.
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 411.