Makwane is a village in Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa.
Makwane | |
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Coordinates: 28°32′56″S 28°52′41″E / 28.549°S 28.878°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Free State |
District | Thabo Mofutsanyane |
Municipality | Maluti-a-Phofung |
Area | |
• Total | 11.78 km2 (4.55 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 18,550 |
• Density | 1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 99.7% |
• Coloured | 0.1% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
• White | 0.1% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Sotho | 90.8% |
• Zulu | 4.8% |
• Sign language | 1.5% |
• Other | 2.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
It is the original hometown of the Free State Stars, which were established in 1977 as the Makwane Computer Stars.[2]
In 2014, Sasol established an Integrated Energy Centre in the Makwane, to provide the community with energy services and other amenities.[3] Makwane consists of metsimatsho, phahameng, comet, molapo sekgutlong, tebang and matshekgeng.
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Makwane". Census 2011.
- ^ "Club History". Free State Stars. Archived from the original on 24 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ^ "Sasol and Government to bring affordable energy to the Makwane Village". Sasol. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
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