Hoopstad

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Hoopstad
Hoopstad (South Africa)
Hoopstad
Hoopstad
Coordinates 27 ° 49 '58 "  S , 25 ° 54' 24"  E Coordinates: 27 ° 49 '58 "  S , 25 ° 54' 24"  E
Basic data
Country South Africa

province

free State
District Lejweleputswa
local community Tswelopele
height 1255 m
surface 27.8 km²
Residents 1295 (2011)
density 46.6  Ew. / km²
founding 1876
Church in Hoopstad
Church in Hoopstad

Hoopstad is a city in the South African province of Free State (Free State). It is located in the municipality of Tswelopele in the Lejweleputswa district .

geography

According to the 2011 census, Hoopstad had 1295 inhabitants. The township of Tikwana, located immediately to the southeast, had 14,738 inhabitants in the same year. Hoopstad is south of Bloemhof Dam on Vet .

history

Hoopstad was founded in 1876 on the edge of the farm Kameeldoorns and named after the surveyor Haupt Hauptstad. Bultfontein was built on the opposite side of the farm . Hauptstad was later renamed in a form corresponding to the Afrikaans .

Economy and Infrastructure

Hoopstad is located in a maize growing area in the center of the maize triangle ("Maisdreieck").

The Mohau District Hospital is in the city .

Hoopstad is on the R34 trunk road , which connects Bloemhof in the northwest with Wesselsbron in the east, and on the R59 , which leads to Hertzogville in the southwest and Bothaville in the northeast. The R700 finally leads from Hoopstad to Bultfontein. The Hoopstad Airport is located north of the city.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Hoopstad  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. Census 2011, Hoopstad  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 18, 2018@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / census2011.adrianfrith.com  
  2. 2011 census, Tikwana  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 18, 2018@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / census2011.adrianfrith.com  
  3. Portrait at sa-venues.com (English), accessed on February 18, 2018
  4. Entry at doctors-hospitals-medical-cape-town-south-africa.blaauwberg.net (English), accessed on February 18, 2018