Soutpan

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

Soutpan
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Coordinates: 28.746°S 26.072°E / -28.746; 26.072
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
District	Lejweleputswa
Municipality	Masilonyana
Area [1]
• Total	44.79 km2 (17.29 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	186
• Density	4.2/km2 (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%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	9356
Area code	051

Village 45 km west of Brandfort, just north of Florisbad. 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]