Trompsburg
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| Trompsburg | |
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  Trompsburg Trompsburg shown within South Africa
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| Coordinates: 30°1′S 25°46′E / 30.017°S 25.767°ECoordinates: 30°1′S 25°46′E / 30.017°S 25.767°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Free State |
| District | Xhariep |
| Municipality | Kopanong |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Mayor | Xolile Mathwa [1] (ANC) |
| Area[2] | |
| • Total | 16.2 km2 (6.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 5,338 |
| • Density | 330/km2 (850/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011)[2] | |
| • Black African | 70.2% |
| • Coloured | 22.1% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.5% |
| • White | 6.6% |
| • Other | 0.6% |
| First languages (2011)[2] | |
| • Sotho | 41.3% |
| • Afrikaans | 35.7% |
| • Xhosa | 15.7% |
| • English | 1.8% |
| • Other | 5.5% |
| Postal code (street) | 9913 |
| PO box | 9913 |
| Area code | 051 |
Trompsburg is a small agricultural town in the Free State province of South Africa off the N1 highway, the major road connection between Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Town 122 km south-west of Bloemfontein and 56 km south-east of Philippolis. It was laid out in 1891 on the farm Middelwater and attained municipal status in 1902. Named after the owners of the farm, Jan and Bastiaan Tromp. It was at first called Jagersfontein Road, then Hamilton, in honour of Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams (1858–1920), Lieutenant-Governor of the Orange River Colony from 1901 to 1910.[3]
References
- ↑ Free State Tourism.org
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Sum of the Main Places Madikgetla and Trompsburg from Census 2011.
- ↑ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 438.
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