Bloemfontein

Bloemfontein
City
Bloemfontein skyline viewed from Signal Hill
Coat of arms
Nickname:  The city of roses
Coordinates: 29°06′S 26°13′E / 29.100°S 26.217°E / -29.100; 26.217
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
Metropolitan municipality	Mangaung
Officially founded	1846
Elevation	1,395 m (4,577 ft)
Population
• Total	369,568
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Area code	051

Bloemfontein is one of the three capital cites of South Africa. It is the judicial capital of South Africa, as the Supreme Court is there. In Afrikaans and Dutch, Bloemfontein means "Spring of Bloem (Bloom)". It is also known as the city of roses. There are a lot of flowers in Bloemfontein.