Vierfontein

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Vierfontein
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Vierfontein
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Vierfontein
Coordinates: 27°05′49″S26°46′34″E / 27.097°S 26.776°E / -27.097; 26.776 Coordinates: 27°05′49″S26°46′34″E / 27.097°S 26.776°E / -27.097; 26.776
Country South Africa
Province Free State
District Fezile Dabi
Municipality Moqhaka
Area
[1]
  Total8.21 km2 (3.17 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [1]
  Total825
  Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
   Black African 20.1%
   Coloured 0.1%
   White 79.6%
  Other0.1%
First languages (2011)
[1]
   Afrikaans 75.2%
   Sotho 16.1%
   English 4.7%
   Tswana 2.1%
  Other1.9%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
2615
PO box
2615
Area code 018

Vierfontein is a settlement in Fezile Dabi District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa. Vierfontein is a coal-mining village, formerly associated to the Vierfontein Power Station, which was active from 1953 to 1990. When the power station was decommissioned, the village was sold to a property developer. The abandoned fuel station was used in the film "Orkney snork nie". [2]

Directly translated to English from Afrikaans, the name literally means "four fountains".

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Vierfontein". Census 2011.
  2. "Vierfontein". Mullers Gazette. Retrieved 29 August 2014.