Tweespruit | |
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Tweespruit Tweespruit | |
| Coordinates: 29°11′08″S 27°01′44″E / 29.18556°S 27.02889°E / -29.18556; 27.02889 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Free State |
| District | Thabo Mofutsanyane |
| Municipality | Mantsopa |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.1 km2 (2.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)1 | |
• Total | 5,791 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 90.5% |
| • Coloured | 5.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
| • White | 3.5% |
| • Other | 0.4% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Sotho | 84.3% |
| • Afrikaans | 9.1% |
| • English | 2.0% |
| • Sign language | 1.5% |
| • Other | 3.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 9770 |
| PO box | 9770 |
| Area code | 051 |
Tweespruit is a small dairy farming town in the Free State province of South Africa. The town lies 27 km east of Thaba Nchu and 47 km north of Hobhouse.2
History
Afrikaans for "two creeks", the name refers to the town’s location at the confluence of two small rivers.3
The town started as an experimental farm set up on an old British Boer War settlement which was between two creeks, hence the name.
Education
- Unicom Agricultural Secondary School
- Tweespruit Primary School
- Unicom Primary School
- Tweespruit Combined School
- Ezekiel Christian School
- Dawiesville Primary School
Notable people from Tweespruit
- Father Frans Claerhout, artist and priest at Tweespruit mission station.4
- Michael Anthony (Pez) Parsonson, SAAF fighter pilot.
References
References
- Sum of the Main Places Tweespruit and Borwa from Census 2011.
- "Google Map - Hobhouse to Tweespruit".
- "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 441.
- South African History Online - SA Artist, Father Frans Claerhout, is born