Philippolis | |
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 Philippolis | |
  Philippolis Philipolis in the Free State  Philippolis Philippolis (South Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 30°16′S 25°17′E / 30.267°S 25.283°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Free State |
| District | Xhariep |
| Municipality | Kopanong |
| Established | 1823[1] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Ward 4 |
| • Councillor | Nomvulazana Judith Stuurman |
| Area | |
| • Total | 39.6 km2 (15.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 3,648 |
| • Density | 92/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 65.1% |
| • Coloured | 27.6% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.5% |
| • White | 5.9% |
| • Other | 0.9% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 41.2% |
| • Xhosa | 29.3% |
| • Sotho | 25.7% |
| • English | 1.3% |
| • Other | 2.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 9970 |
| PO box | 9970 |
| Area code | 051 |
| Website | www |
Philippolis is a town in the Free State province of South Africa. The town is the birthplace of writer and intellectual Sir Laurens van der Post, actress Brümilda van Rensburg and Springboks rugby player Adriaan Strauss. It is regarded as one of the first colonial settlements in the Free State.[3]
- ^ Robson, Linda Gillian (2011). "Annexure A" (PDF). The Royal Engineers and settlement planning in the Cape Colony 1806–1872: Approach, methodology and impact (PhD thesis). University of Pretoria. pp. xlv–lii. hdl:2263/26503.
- ^ a b c d Sum of the Main Places Philippolis and Poding-Tse-Rolo from Census 2011.
- ^ "Philippolis 1822: The first settlement in the Free State". Philippolis. Archived from the original on 9 August 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2017.