Trompsburg

Trompsburg is a town in the Free State province of South Africa off the N1 highway, the major road connection between Johannesburg and Cape Town.

Trompsburg
Trompsburg town hall
Trompsburg
Trompsburg
Coordinates: 30°1′S 25°46′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
DistrictXhariep
MunicipalityKopanong
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • MayorXolile Mathwa [1] (ANC)
Area
 • Total16.2 km2 (6.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total5,338
 • Density330/km2 (850/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African70.2%
 • Coloured22.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.5%
 • White6.6%
 • Other0.6%
First languages (2011)
 • Sotho41.3%
 • Afrikaans35.7%
 • Xhosa15.7%
 • English1.8%
 • Other5.5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
9913
PO box
9913
Area code051

Background

The town is 120 km south-west of Bloemfontein and 56 km north-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.[3]:352 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.[4]

References
  1. Free State Tourism.org Archived 2014-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Sum of the Main Places Madikgetla and Trompsburg from Census 2011.
  3. Conolly, Denis (1975). The Tourist in South Africa. Travel-Guide (PTY) LTD. ASIN B0000E7XZN.
  4. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 438.
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