Thaba Phatswa

Thaba Phatswa is a town in Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa.

Thaba Phatswa
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Coordinates: 29.316°S 27.119°E / -29.316; 27.119
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
District	Thabo Mofutsanyane
Municipality	Mantsopa
Area [1]
• Total	0.60 km2 (0.23 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	915
• Density	1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	22.7%
• Coloured	76.4%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	0.1%
• Other	0.5%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	84.9%
• Sotho	9.4%
• English	2.6%
• Tswana	1.1%
• Other	2.0%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)

The town lies some 30 km south-east of Thaba Nchu and 22 km north of Hobhouse. It takes its name, said to be of Tswana origin and to mean ‘black with white spots’, from the mountain a few kilometres to the south-west.^[2]