Trompsburg | |
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Coordinates: 30°1′S25°46′E / 30.017°S 25.767°E Coordinates: 30°1′S25°46′E / 30.017°S 25.767°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Free State |
District | Xhariep |
Municipality | Kopanong |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality |
• Mayor | Xolani Tseletsele [1] (ANC) |
Area | |
• Total | 16.2 km2 (6.3 sq mi) |
Population (2011) [2] | |
• Total | 5,338 |
• Density | 330/km2 (850/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 70.2% |
• Coloured | 22.1% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.5% |
• White | 6.6% |
• Other | 0.6% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Sotho | 41.3% |
• Afrikaans | 35.7% |
• Xhosa | 15.7% |
• English | 1.8% |
• Other | 5.5% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 9913 |
PO box | 9913 |
Area code | 051 |
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