Soutpan
Place in Free State, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Soutpan is a town in Lejweleputswa District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa.
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Soutpan | |
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Coordinates: 28.746°S 26.072°E / -28.746; 26.072 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Free State |
District | Lejweleputswa |
Municipality | Masilonyana |
Area | |
• Total | 44.79 km2 (17.29 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 186 |
• Density | 4.2/km2 (11/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 29.7% |
• White | 70.3% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 80.0% |
• Sotho | 8.1% |
• Tswana | 7.0% |
• English | 4.9% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
PO box | 9356 |
Area code | 051 |
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Village 45 km west of Brandfort, just north of Florisbad. 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]