Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein (pronounced /ˈblʊmfɒnteɪn/ (deprecatit template), Dutch for "spring o Bloem (bloom)", "flouer spring" or "funtain o flouers") is the caipital ceety o the Free State Province o Sooth Africae. It is an aa the judicial caipital, makin it ane o the three naitional caipitals o Sooth Africae (thegither wi the administrative caipital Pretoria an the legislative caipital Cape Toun). Bloemfontein is popularly an poetically kent as "the ceety o roses", awin tae the abundance o these flouers an the annual rose festival held thare.[3][4] The ceety's Sesotho name is Mangaung, meanin "place o cheetahs" an it haes been includit in the Mangaung Local Municipality syne 2000.
Bloemfontein | |
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 Bloemfontein skyline viewed frae Signal Hill | |
| Eik-name(s): The ceety o roses | |
  Bloemfontein | |
| Coordinates: 29°06′S 26°13′E / 29.100°S 26.217°E | |
| Kintra | Sooth Africae |
| Province | Free State |
| Municipality | Mangaung |
| Established | 1846[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 333.69 km2 (128.84 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1395 m (4,577 ft) |
| Population (2001)[2] | |
| • Total | 328,773 |
| • Density | 990/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2001) | |
| • Black African | 72.6% |
| • Coloured | 5.0% |
| • Indie | 0.2% |
| • White | 22.2% |
| First leids (2001) | |
| • Sotho | 36.5% |
| • Afrikaans | 25.0% |
| • Tswana | 19.0% |
| • Xhosa | 14.3% |
| • Ither | 5.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Area code(s) | 051 |
Bloemfontein is situatit on dry grassland at 29°06′S 26°13′E / 29.100°S 26.217°E, at an altitude o 1,395 metres abuin sea level. The ceety is hame tae 369,568 residents, while the Mangaung Local Municipality haes a population o 645,455. Bloemfontein is served bi Bloemfontein Airport.
References eedit
- ↑ "Chronological order of town establishment in South Africa based on Floyd (1960:20-26)" (PDF). pp. xlv–lii.
- ↑ a b c d The figures are a sum of the census places Bloemfontein, Mangaung Part 1.
- ↑ Bloemfontein: Did you know? Archived 2008-03-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Bloemfontein: General Information Archived 2008-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
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