Facts & History

BLOEMFONTEIN (ALSO CALLED MANGAUNG)
Fast Facts

Population 850,000
Mangaung means “place of the cheetahs” in SeSotho
Bloemfontein means “fountain of flowers” in Dutch
Sixth largest city in South Africa
Provincial capital of the Free State Province

History

The Barolong tribe settled in the area around Thaba Nchu in the early 1830s
In the late 1800s the Free State became home to the Basotho tribe
The [...]

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