Petrus Steyn
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Petrus Steyn | |
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Petrus Steyn Church
Petrus Steyn Church
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sum of the Main Places Petrus Steyn and Mamafubedu from Census 2011.
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