Verkeerdevlei

Verkeerdevlei is a small town in the Free State province of South Africa.

Verkeerdevlei
The N1-tollgate near Verkeerdevlei
Verkeerdevlei Show map of Free State (South African province) Verkeerdevlei Show map of South Africa
Coordinates: 28°50′S 26°47′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
District	Lejweleputswa
Municipality	Masilonyana
Area [1]
• Total	7.9 km2 (3.1 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	2,135
• Density	270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	95.0%
• Coloured	0.7%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	3.7%
• Other	0.3%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Sotho	78.4%
• Xhosa	5.5%
• Afrikaans	5.3%
• Tswana	4.2%
• Other	6.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	9401
PO box	9401
Area code	051

Town 39 km south-east of Brandfort. Afrikaans for ‘wrong marsh’, the name probably refers to an east-west flow of water in an area where the direction is normally west-east.^[2]