Reitz | |
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  Reitz  Reitz | |
| Coordinates: 27°48′S 28°26′E / 27.800°S 28.433°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Free State |
| District | Thabo Mofutsanyane |
| Municipality | Nketoana |
| Township | Petsana |
| Established | 1890[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 25.7 km2 (9.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,630 m (5,350 ft) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 20,183 |
| • Density | 790/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) (Reitz and Petsana combined) | |
| • Black African | 90.0% |
| • Coloured | 0.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
| • White | 9.1% |
| • Other | 0.4% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Sotho | 66.9% |
| • Zulu | 19.9% |
| • Afrikaans | 9.2% |
| • Sign language | 1.1% |
| • Other | 3.0% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 9810 |
| PO box | 9810 |
| Area code | 058 |
Reitz is a small maize, wheat and cattle farming town located in the east of the Free State province of South Africa.
- ^ 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 Reitz and Petsana from Census 2011.