Vierfontein

Vierfontein is a settlement in Fezile Dabi District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa. Vierfontein is a coal-mining village, formerly associated to the Vierfontein Power Station, which was active from 1953 to 1990. When the power station was decommissioned, the village was sold to a property developer. The abandoned fuel station was used in the film "Orkney snork nie".[2]

Vierfontein
Vierfontein is located in Free State (South African province)
Vierfontein
Vierfontein
Vierfontein is located in South Africa
Vierfontein
Vierfontein
Coordinates: 27.097°S 26.776°E / -27.097; 26.776
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
DistrictFezile Dabi
MunicipalityMoqhaka
Area
  Total8.21 km2 (3.17 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total825
  Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African20.1%
  Coloured0.1%
  White79.6%
  Other0.1%
First languages (2011)
  Afrikaans75.2%
  Sotho16.1%
  English4.7%
  Tswana2.1%
  Other1.9%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
2615
PO box
2615
Area code018

Directly translated to English from Afrikaans, the name literally means "four fountains".

References

  1. "Main Place Vierfontein". Census 2011.
  2. "Vierfontein". Mullers Gazette. Retrieved 29 August 2014.


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