Vierfontein is a settlement in Fezile Dabi District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa. Vierfontein is a coal-mining village, formerly associated to the Vierfontein Power Station, which was active from 1953 to 1990. When the power station was decommissioned, the village was sold to a property developer. The abandoned fuel station was used in the film "Orkney snork nie".[2]
Vierfontein | |
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  Vierfontein  Vierfontein | |
| Coordinates: 27°05′49″S 26°46′34″E / 27.097°S 26.776°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Free State |
| District | Fezile Dabi |
| Municipality | Moqhaka |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.21 km2 (3.17 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 825 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 20.1% |
| • Coloured | 0.1% |
| • White | 79.6% |
| • Other | 0.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 75.2% |
| • Sotho | 16.1% |
| • English | 4.7% |
| • Tswana | 2.1% |
| • Other | 1.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2615 |
| PO box | 2615 |
| Area code | 018 |
Directly translated to English from Afrikaans, the name literally means "four fountains".
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Main Place Vierfontein". Census 2011.
- ^ "Vierfontein". Mullers Gazette. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
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