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Marquard Moemaneng | |
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  Marquard  Marquard | |
| Coordinates:28°40′S27°26′E / 28.667°S 27.433°E /-28.667; 27.433 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Free State |
| District | Thabo Mofutsanyane |
| Municipality | Setsoto |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.3 km2 (2.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,033 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2016) | |
| • Black African | 42.5% |
| • Coloured | 1.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 5.7% |
| • White | 47.7% |
| • Other | 2.9% |
| First languages (2016) | |
| • Afrikaans | 53.4% |
| • Sotho | 29.2% |
| • English | 11.1% |
| • Other | 6.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 9610 |
| PO box | 9610 |
| Area code | 051 |
| Website | http://www.marquard.co.za/ |
Marquard is a small farming town in theFree State province ofSouth Africa that servesWinburg in the northwest. The town was set up in 1905 by an influentialDutch Reform minister, JJ Marquard, with the help ofChristoffel Cornelis Froneman, the commandant of theOrange Free State. It was established on the farm Varschfontein and attained municipal status in the same year.
Marquard is 169 kilometers east north-east ofBloemfontein and 45 kilometers south-west ofSenekal. The town was named after J J T Marquard, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church inWinburg, who had pleaded for the establishment of the town.[2]
Places adjacent to Marquard | |
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Municipalities and communities ofThabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality,Free State | ||
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District seat:Witsieshoek (Phuthaditjhaba) | ||
| Setsoto | .svg) | |
| Dihlabeng | ||
| Nketoana | ||
| Maluti-a-Phofung | ||
| Phumelela | ||
| Mantsopa | ||
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