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 (PDF). Pretoria: Statistics South Africa. 2012. ISBN 9780621413885.
- ↑ "Taking the measure of Namahadi Peak" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 9 Julie 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2009. Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (help) - ↑ Mid-year population estimates, 2015 (PDF) (Report). Statistics South Africa. 31 Julie 2015. p. 3. Retrieved 11 August 2015.