Soutpan

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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
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, 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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Sub Place Soutpan". Census 2011.
  2. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 411.