Thaba Phatswa

Thaba Phatswa
Thaba Phatswa
Thaba Phatswa
Thaba Phatswa

 Thaba Phatswa shown within Free State

Coordinates: 29°18′58″S 27°07′08″E / 29.316°S 27.119°E / -29.316; 27.119Coordinates: 29°18′58″S 27°07′08″E / 29.316°S 27.119°E / -29.316; 27.119
Country South Africa
Province Free State
District Thabo Mofutsanyane
Municipality Mantsopa
Area[1]
  Total 0.60 km2 (0.23 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 915
  Density 1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
  Black African 22.7%
  Coloured 76.4%
  Indian/Asian 0.2%
  White 0.1%
  Other 0.5%
First languages (2011)[1]
  Afrikaans 84.9%
  Sotho 9.4%
  English 2.6%
  Tswana 1.1%
  Other 2.0%

Thaba Phatswa is a town in Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa.

Town some 30km south-east of Thaba Nchu and 22km north of Hobhouse. It takes its name from the mountain a few kilometres to the south-west. Said to be of Tswana origin and to mean ‘black with white spots’.[2]

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