Vierfontein

Place in Free State, South Africa
27°05′49″S 26°46′34″E / 27.097°S 26.776°E / -27.097; 26.776CountrySouth AfricaProvinceFree StateDistrictFezile DabiMunicipalityMoqhakaArea • Total8.21 km2 (3.17 sq mi)Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total825 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)Racial makeup (2011) • Black African20.1% • Coloured0.1% • White79.6% • Other0.1%First languages (2011) • Afrikaans75.2% • Sotho16.1% • English4.7% • Tswana2.1% • Other1.9%Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)Postal code (street)
2615
PO box
2615
Area code018

Vierfontein is a settlement in Fezile Dabi District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa. Vierfontein is a coal-mining village, formerly associated to the Vierfontein Power Station, which was active from 1953 to 1990. When the power station was decommissioned, the village was sold to a property developer. The abandoned fuel station was used in the film "Orkney snork nie".[2]

Directly translated to English from Afrikaans, the name literally means "four fountains".

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Vierfontein". Census 2011.
  2. ^ "Vierfontein". Mullers Gazette. Retrieved 29 August 2014.


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