Soutpan

Soutpan is a town in Lejweleputswa District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa.

Soutpan
Soutpan
Soutpan
Coordinates: 28.746°S 26.072°E / -28.746; 26.072
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
DistrictLejweleputswa
MunicipalityMasilonyana
Main PlaceMasilonyana NU
Area
  Total44.79 km2 (17.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total186
  Density4.2/km2 (11/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African29.7%
  White70.3%
First languages (2011)
  Afrikaans80.0%
  Sotho8.1%
  Tswana7.0%
  English4.9%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
9356
Area code051

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