Edenville, Free State
Edenville | |
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Edenville | |
Coordinates: 27°33′S 27°40′E / 27.550°S 27.667°ECoordinates: 27°33′S 27°40′E / 27.550°S 27.667°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Free State |
District | Fezile Dabi |
Municipality | Ngwathe |
Area | |
• Total | 7.3 km2 (2.8 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 6,294 |
• Density | 860/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 94.7% |
• Coloured | 0.9% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
• White | 4.0% |
• Other | 0.2% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Sotho | 88.0% |
• Afrikaans | 4.7% |
• Zulu | 3.2% |
• Sign language | 1.0% |
• Other | 3.1% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 9535 |
PO box | 9535 |
Edenville is a small farming town situated in the northern Free State province of South Africa.
The town is situated 48 km north-east of Kroonstad and 50 km south-west of Heilbron. It was established on the farms Erfdeel-Noord, Langland and Welgelegen in 1912, and attained municipal status in 1921. The name is assumed to refer to the biblical Garden of Eden, but this is uncertain.[2]
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- Free State (province) geography stubs
- Populated places in the Ngwathe Local Municipality
- Populated places established in 1912
- 1912 establishments in South Africa