Petrus Steyn

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Petrus Steyn
Petrus Steyn Church
Petrus Steyn Church
Petrus Steyn is located in Free State (South African province)
Petrus Steyn
Petrus Steyn
 Petrus Steyn shown within Free State
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Country South Africa
Province Free State
District Thabo Mofutsanyane
Municipality Nketoana
Established {{#property:P571}}
Area[1]
 • Total 11.0 km2 (4.2 sq mi)
Elevation 1,700 m (5,600 ft)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 12,893
 • Density 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
 • Black African 95.7%
 • Coloured 0.3%
 • Indian/Asian 0.5%
 • White 3.4%
 • Other 0.1%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • Sotho 83.2%
 • Zulu 7.4%
 • Afrikaans 4.6%
 • Sign language 2.0%
 • Other 2.8%
Postal code (street) 9640
PO box 9640
Area code 058

Petrus Steyn is a small farming town between Tweeling and Kroonstad in the Free State province of South Africa.

Town 45km north-east of Lindley. Named after the owner of the farm on which it was laid out in 1914.[2]

Formerly known as Concordia, the town is the centre of an agricultural area known for wheat, maize, sunflower, potato, cattle and sheep production. The sandstone parsonage of the local Dutch Reformed Church was declared a national monument in 1988.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sum of the Main Places Petrus Steyn and Mamafubedu from Census 2011.
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