Soutpan
Soutpan is located in Free State (South African province)
Soutpan
Soutpan
Soutpan is located in South Africa
Soutpan
Soutpan
Coordinates: 28°44′46″S 26°04′19″E / 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

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

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. 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Soutpan". Census 2011.
  2. ↑ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 411.


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