Soutpan Explained

Soutpan
Pushpin Map:South Africa Free State#South Africa
Coordinates:-28.746°N 26.072°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:South Africa
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Free State
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Lejweleputswa
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Masilonyana
Subdivision Type4:Main Place
Established Title:Established
Leader Title:Councillor
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:44.79
Population Total:186
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Racial makeup (2011)
Demographics1 Title1:Black African
Demographics1 Info1:29.7%
Demographics1 Title2:Coloured
Demographics1 Title3:Indian/Asian
Demographics1 Title4:White
Demographics1 Info4:70.3%
Demographics1 Title5:Other
Demographics Type2:First languages (2011)
Demographics2 Title1:Afrikaans
Demographics2 Info1:80.0%
Demographics2 Title2:Sotho
Demographics2 Info2:8.1%
Demographics2 Title3:Tswana
Demographics2 Info3:7.0%
Demographics2 Title4:English
Demographics2 Info4:4.9%
Demographics2 Title5:Other
Timezone1:SAST
Utc Offset1:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code (street)
Postal2 Code Type:PO box
Postal2 Code:9356
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:051

Soutpan is a town in Lejweleputswa District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa.

Village 45 km west of Brandfort, just north of Florisbad. Afrikaans for ‘salt pan or depression’, the name is derived from a large geographical feature of that type, on the slopes of which the Florisbad archaeological site is situated.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sub Place Soutpan . Census 2011.
  2. Web site: Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain). Human Science Research Council. 411.