Smithfield | |
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Coordinates: 30°12′45″S 26°31′53″E / 30.21250°S 26.53139°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Free State |
District | Xhariep |
Municipality | Mohokare |
Established | 1849[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 35.5 km2 (13.7 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 4,779 |
• Density | 130/km2 (350/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 91.4% |
• Coloured | 5.0% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
• White | 3.1% |
• Other | 0.3% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Sotho | 66.9% |
• Xhosa | 20.9% |
• Afrikaans | 8.4% |
• English | 1.3% |
• Other | 2.4% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 9966 |
PO box | 9966 |
Area code | 051 |
Smithfield is a small town in the Free State province of South Africa. Founded in 1848 in the Orange River Sovereignty (as the region was then named), the town is situated in a rural farming district and is the third oldest town in present-day Free State, after Philippolis and Winburg.