Kroonstad | |
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Clockwise from top: Kroonstad NG Motherchurch & Sarel Cilliers monument, Town Hall, Alex Fairweather corner in the CBD | |
Motto(s): Finis Corona Opus (Latin: The End of the Crown Work) | |
Coordinates: 27°39′S 27°14′E / 27.650°S 27.233°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Free State |
District | Fezile Dabi |
Municipality | Moqhaka |
Established | 1854[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 89.1 km2 (34.4 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 168,762 |
• Density | 1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 85.2% |
• Coloured | 4.0% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
• White | 10.1% |
• Other | 0.3% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Sotho | 73.3% |
• Afrikaans | 15.8% |
• English | 3.1% |
• Xhosa | 2.5% |
• Other | 5.3% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 9499 |
PO box | 9500 |
Area code | 056 |
Kroonstad (Afrikaans directly translated "Crown City"), which consist of suburbs as follows: Brentpark, Constantia, Constantia Park, Dawid Malanville, Elandia, Gelukwaarts, Goedgedacht, Heuningspruit, Industria, Jordania, KoeKoeVillage, Kroonheuwel, Maokeng, Morewag, Noordhoek, Ou Dorp, Panorama, Phomalong, Presidensia, PrisonArea, Seisoville, Suidrand, Tuinhof, Uitsig, Vooruitsig, WestPark and Wilgenhof. Kroonstad is the fourth largest town in the Free State (after Bloemfontein, Welkom and Bethlehem) and lies two hours' drive on the N1 from Gauteng. It is the second-largest commercial and urban centre in the Northern Free State (after Welkom), and an important railway junction on the main line from Cape Town to Johannesburg.
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