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Place in Free State, South Africa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Viljoensdrif is a coal-mining village 8 km south of Vereeniging and part of the Fezile Dabi District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa.
Viljoensdrif | |
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Coordinates: 26.73333°S 27.916667°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Free State |
District | Fezile Dabi |
Municipality | Metsimaholo |
Area | |
• Total | 63.30 km2 (24.44 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 751 |
• Density | 12/km2 (31/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 73.8% |
• Coloured | 1.5% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.7% |
• White | 6.9% |
• Other | 17.2% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Sotho | 28.5% |
• Zulu | 20.1% |
• Xhosa | 17.4% |
• Afrikaans | 10.2% |
• Other | 23.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Area code | 016 |
It takes its name from ford (Afrikaans drif) which was closed to ox-wagons by President Paul Kruger in 1895 to prevent goods reaching the Witwatersrand, thus forcing people to use the Netherlands-South African Railway Company (NZASM)'s Pretoria-Delagoa Bay railroad. Named after the owner of the place, J H Viljoen, who established a ferry in 1857.[2]
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