Bloemfontein

Bloemfontein (pronounced /ˈblʊmfɒnteɪn/ ^{(deprecatit template)}, Dutch for "spring o Bloem (bloom)", "flouer spring" or "funtain o flouers") is the caipital ceety o the Free State Province o Sooth Africae. It is an aa the judicial caipital, makin it ane o the three naitional caipitals o Sooth Africae (thegither wi the administrative caipital Pretoria an the legislative caipital Cape Toun). Bloemfontein is popularly an poetically kent as "the ceety o roses", awin tae the abundance o these flouers an the annual rose festival held thare.^[3][4] The ceety's Sesotho name is Mangaung, meanin "place o cheetahs" an it haes been includit in the Mangaung Local Municipality syne 2000.

Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein skyline viewed frae Signal Hill
Eik-name(s):  The ceety o roses
Bloemfontein
Coordinates: 29°06′S 26°13′E
Kintra	Sooth Africae
Province	Free State
Municipality	Mangaung
Established	1846[1]
Area [2]
• Total	333.69 km2 (128.84 sq mi)
Elevation	1395 m (4,577 ft)
Population  (2001)[2]
• Total	328,773
• Density	990/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2001) [2]
• Black African	72.6%
• Coloured	5.0%
• Indie	0.2%
• White	22.2%
First leids (2001) [2]
• Sotho	36.5%
• Afrikaans	25.0%
• Tswana	19.0%
• Xhosa	14.3%
• Ither	5.2%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Area code(s)	051

Bloemfontein is situatit on dry grassland at 29°06′S 26°13′E, at an altitude o 1,395 metres abuin sea level. The ceety is hame tae 369,568 residents, while the Mangaung Local Municipality haes a population o 645,455. Bloemfontein is served bi Bloemfontein Airport.