Tweespruit is a small dairy farming town in the Free State province of South Africa. The town lies 27 km east of Thaba Nchu and 47 km north of Hobhouse.[2]
Tweespruit | |
|---|---|
  Tweespruit  Tweespruit | |
| Coordinates: 29°11′08″S 27°01′44″E / 29.18556°S 27.02889°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Free State |
| District | Thabo Mofutsanyane |
| Municipality | Mantsopa |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.1 km2 (2.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 5,791 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 90.5% |
| • Coloured | 5.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
| • White | 3.5% |
| • Other | 0.4% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Sotho | 84.3% |
| • Afrikaans | 9.1% |
| • English | 2.0% |
| • Sign language | 1.5% |
| • Other | 3.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 9770 |
| PO box | 9770 |
| Area code | 051 |
History
editAfrikaans for "two creeks", the name refers to the town’s location at the confluence of two small rivers.[3]
The town started as an experimental farm set up on an old British Boer War settlement which was between two creeks, hence the name.[citation needed]
Notable people from Tweespruit
edit- Father Frans Claerhout, artist and priest at Tweespruit mission station.[4]
- Michael Anthony (Pez) Parsonson, SAAF fighter pilot.
References
edit- ^ a b c d Sum of the Main Places Tweespruit and Borwa from Census 2011.
- ^ "Google Map - Hobhouse to Tweespruit".
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 441.
- ^ South African History Online - SA Artist, Father Frans Claerhout, is born