Trompsburg
Trompsburg | |
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Trompsburg town hall | |
Trompsburg Trompsburg | |
| Coordinates: 30°1′S 25°46′E / 30.017°S 25.767°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Free State |
| District | Xhariep |
| Municipality | Kopanong |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Mayor | Xolani Tseletsele (ANC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 16.2 km2 (6.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 5,338 |
| • Density | 330/km2 (853/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 70.2% |
| • Coloured | 22.1% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.5% |
| • White | 6.6% |
| • Other | 0.6% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • 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 |
Trompsburg is a small town in the Free State province of South Africa off the N1 highway, the major road connection between Johannesburg and Cape Town.
It serves as the administrative seat of the Kopanong Local Municipality within the Xhariep District. With a population of around 6000 residents in the town and associated townships of Noordmanville and Madikgetla, it remains a quiet rural center focused on farming, particularly sheep, cattle, and grain production.