Marquard

Marquard
Marquard Marquard Marquard  Marquard shown within Free State
Coordinates: 28°40′S 27°26′E / 28.667°S 27.433°ECoordinates: 28°40′S 27°26′E / 28.667°S 27.433°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
District	Thabo Mofutsanyane
Municipality	Setsoto
Established	1905
Area[1]
• Total	9.9 km^2 (3.8 sq mi)
Population (2016)[1]
• Total	22,502
• Density	2,300/km^2 (5,900/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2016)[1]
• Black African	95.6%
• Coloured	0.4%
• Indian/Asian	0.5%
• White	3.2%
• Other	0.3%
First languages (2016)[1]
• Sotho	90.7%
• Afrikaans	4.6%
• English	1.7%
• Sign language	1.4%
• Other	1.6%
Postal code (street)	9610
PO box	9610
Area code	051
Website	http://www.marquard.co.za/

Marquard is a small farming town in the Free State province of South Africa that serves Winburg in the northwest. The town was set up in 1905 by an influential Dutch Reform minister, JJ Marquard, with the help of Christoffel Cornelis Froneman, the commandant of the Orange Free State. It was established on the farm Varschfontein and attained municipal status in the same year.

Marquard is 169 kilometers east north-east of Bloemfontein and 45 kilometers south-west of Senekal. The town was named after J J T Marquard, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in Winburg, who had pleaded for the establishment of the town.^[2]

References

1. Sum of the Main Places Marquard and Moemaneng from Census 2011.
2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 299.