Trompsburg

Trompsburg is a town in the Free State province of South Africa off the N1 highway, the major road connection between Johannesburg and Cape Town.

Trompsburg
Trompsburg town hall
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Coordinates: 30°1′S 25°46′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
District	Xhariep
Municipality	Kopanong
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Mayor	Xolani Tseletsele [1] (ANC)
Area [2]
• Total	16.2 km2 (6.3 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	5,338
• Density	330/km2 (850/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	70.2%
• Coloured	22.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.5%
• White	6.6%
• Other	0.6%
First languages (2011) [2]
• Sotho	41.3%
• Afrikaans	35.7%
• Xhosa	15.7%
• English	1.8%
• Other	5.5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	9913
PO box	9913
Area code	051

Background

The town is 120 km south-west of Bloemfontein and 56 km north-east of Philippolis. It was laid out in 1891 on the farm Middelwater and attained municipal status in 1902. Named after the owners of the farm, Jan and Bastiaan Tromp.^[3]: 352 It was at first called Jagersfontein Road, then Hamilton, in honour of Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams (1858–1920), Lieutenant-Governor of the Orange River Colony from 1901 to 1910.^[4]