Tweespruit

Tweespruit
Tweespruit
 Tweespruit shown within Free State
Tweespruit
Tweespruit (South Africa)
Tweespruit
Tweespruit (Africa)
Coordinates: 29°11′08″S 27°01′44″E / 29.18556°S 27.02889°E / -29.18556; 27.02889Coordinates: 29°11′08″S 27°01′44″E / 29.18556°S 27.02889°E / -29.18556; 27.02889
Country South Africa
Province Free State
District Thabo Mofutsanyane
Municipality Mantsopa
Area[1]
 • 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)[1]
 • Black African 90.5%
 • Coloured 5.3%
 • Indian/Asian 0.3%
 • White 3.5%
 • Other 0.4%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • 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

Tweespruit is a small dairy farming town in the Free State province of South Africa. The town lies 27km east of Thaba Nchu and 47km north of Hobhouse.[2]

History

Afrikaans 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.

Notable people from Tweespruit

  • Father Frans Claerhout, artist and priest at Tweespruit mission station.[4]
  • Michael Anthony (Pez) Parsonson, SAAF fighter pilot.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Sum of the Main Places Tweespruit and Borwa from Census 2011.
  2. ↑ "Google Map - Hobhouse to Tweespruit".
  3. ↑ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 441.
  4. ↑ South African History Online - SA Artist, Father Frans Claerhout, is born
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