Soutpan

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Soutpan
Soutpan
 Soutpan shown within South Africa
Coordinates: 28°44′46″S 26°04′19″E / 28.746°S 26.072°E / -28.746; 26.072Coordinates: 28°44′46″S 26°04′19″E / 28.746°S 26.072°E / -28.746; 26.072
Country South Africa
Province Free State
District Lejweleputswa
Municipality Masilonyana
Main Place Masilonyana NU
Area[1]
  Total 44.79 km2 (17.29 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 186
  Density 4.2/km2 (11/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
  Black African 29.7%
  White 70.3%
First languages (2011)[1]
  Afrikaans 80.0%
  Sotho 8.1%
  Tswana 7.0%
  English 4.9%
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

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Sub Place Soutpan". Census 2011. 
  2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 411. 
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