Free State (province)
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Free State Foreistata (in Sotho) Vrystaat (in Afrikaans) | |
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Motto(s): Katleho ka kopano (Success throu unity) | |
![]() Location o the Free State in Sooth Africae | |
Coordinates: 28°S 27°E / 28°S 27°ECoordinates: 28°S 27°E / 28°S 27°E | |
Kintra | Sooth Africae |
Orange Free State | 17 Februar 1854 |
OFS Province | 31 Mey 1910 |
Free State | 27 Aprile 1994 |
Caipital | Bloemfontein |
Destricts | |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Pairlamentary seestem |
• Premier | Ace Magashule (ANC) |
Area [1]:9 | |
• Total | 129825 km2 (50,126 sq mi) |
Area rank | 3rd in Sooth Africae |
Highest elevation | 3291 m (10,797 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,745,590 |
• Estimate (2015) | 2,817,900 |
• Rank | 8t in Sooth Africae |
• Density | 21/km2 (55/sq mi) |
• Density rank | 8t in Sooth Africae |
Population groups [1]:21 | |
• Black African | 87.6% |
• White | 8.7% |
• Coloured | 3.1% |
• Indian or Asian | 0.4% |
Leids [1]:25 | |
• Sotho | 64.2% |
• Afrikaans | 12.7% |
• Xhosa | 7.5% |
• Tswana | 5.2% |
• Zulu | 4.4% |
• Inglis | 2.9% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
ISO 3166 code | ZA-FS |
Website | www |
The Free State (Afrikaans: Vrystaat, Sotho: Foreistata; afore 1995, the Orange Free State) is a province o Sooth Africae.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ a b c d Census 2011: Census in brief. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa. 2012. ISBN 9780621413885. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 30 Mey 2016.
- ↑ "Taking the measure of Namahadi Peak" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 9 Julie 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2009. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ Mid-year population estimates, 2015 (PDF) (Report). Statistics South Africa. 31 Julie 2015. p. 3. Retrieved 11 August 2015.