Soutpan is a town in Lejweleputswa District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa.
Soutpan | |
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  Soutpan  Soutpan | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Village 45 km west of Brandfort, just north of Florisbad. 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
edit- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Soutpan". Census 2011.
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 411.
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