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
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Coordinates: 27.097°S 26.776°E / -27.097; 26.776
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
District	Fezile Dabi
Municipality	Moqhaka
Area [1]
• Total	8.21 km2 (3.17 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	825
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	20.1%
• Coloured	0.1%
• White	79.6%
• Other	0.1%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	75.2%
• Sotho	16.1%
• English	4.7%
• Tswana	2.1%
• Other	1.9%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2615
PO box	2615
Area code	018

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