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]