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Fouriesburg | |
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 Dutch Reformed Church, Fouriesburg | |
  Fouriesburg  Fouriesburg | |
| Coordinates: 28°37′21.9″S 28°12′39.22″E / 28.622750°S 28.2108944°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Free State |
| District | Thabo Mofutsanyane |
| Municipality | Dihlabeng |
| Established | 1892[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.8 km2 (4.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 12,974 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 96.5% |
| • Coloured | 0.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.6% |
| • White | 2.5% |
| • Other | 0.2% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Sotho | 90.7% |
| • Afrikaans | 3.2% |
| • English | 2.0% |
| • Sign language | 1.6% |
| • Other | 2.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 9725 |
| PO box | 9725 |
| Area code | 058 |
Fouriesburg is a small town situated at the junction of the R711 and R26 routes in the eastern Free State, South Africa. It is near the Maluti Mountains and only 10 km from Caledon's Poort border post, which gives access to Lesotho.
- ^ 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 Mashaeng and Fouriesburg from Census 2011.