Petrus Steyn

Petrus Steyn
Petrus Steyn Church
Petrus Steyn  Petrus Steyn shown within Free State
Coordinates: 27°39′00″S 28°08′00″E / 27.65000°S 28.13333°ECoordinates: 27°39′00″S 28°08′00″E / 27.65000°S 28.13333°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
District	Thabo Mofutsanyane
Municipality	Nketoana
Established	1912
Area[1]
• Total	11.0 km^2 (4.2 sq mi)
Elevation	1,700 m (5,600 ft)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	12,893
• Density	1,200/km^2 (3,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
• Black African	95.7%
• Coloured	0.3%
• Indian/Asian	0.5%
• White	3.4%
• Other	0.1%
First languages (2011)[1]
• Sotho	83.2%
• Zulu	7.4%
• Afrikaans	4.6%
• Sign language	2.0%
• Other	2.8%
Postal code (street)	9640
PO box	9640
Area code	058

Petrus Steyn is a small farming town between Tweeling and Kroonstad in the Free State province of South Africa.

Town 45km north-east of Lindley. Named after the owner of the farm on which it was laid out in 1914.^[2]

Formerly known as Concordia, the town is the centre of an agricultural area known for wheat, maize, sunflower, potato, cattle and sheep production. The sandstone parsonage of the local Dutch Reformed Church was declared a national monument in 1988.^[3]

References

1. Sum of the Main Places Petrus Steyn and Mamafubedu from Census 2011.
2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 364.
3. "Towns included in the Grasslands Meander". Grasslands Meander. Retrieved 29 August 2014.