Soutpan

Soutpan
Soutpan  Soutpan shown within Free State
Coordinates: 28°44′46″S 26°04′19″E / 28.746°S 26.072°ECoordinates: 28°44′46″S 26°04′19″E / 28.746°S 26.072°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
District	Lejweleputswa
Municipality	Masilonyana
Main Place	Masilonyana NU
Area[1]
• Total	44.79 km^2 (17.29 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	186
• Density	4.2/km^2 (11/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
• Black African	29.7%
• White	70.3%
First languages (2011)[1]
• Afrikaans	80.0%
• Sotho	8.1%
• Tswana	7.0%
• English	4.9%
PO box	9356
Area code	051

Soutpan is a town in Lejweleputswa District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa.

Village 45 km west of Brandfort. Afrikaans for ‘salt pan or depression’, the name is derived from a large geographical feature of that type, on the slopes of which the Florisbad archaeological site is situated.^[2]

References

1. "Sub Place Soutpan". Census 2011.
2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 411.