Bloemside
Place in Free State, South Africa
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Bloemside is a mostly black suburb of the city of Bloemfontein in South Africa, with a lot of coloured people as well. The area merges with the neighbouring "kasis" (township areas) that are dominated by coloured people.
Bloemside | |
|---|---|
  Bloemside Location within Free State (South African province)  Bloemside Location within South Africa | |
| Coordinates: 29°09′27″S 26°15′53″E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Free State |
| Municipality | Mangaung |
| Main Place | Bloemfontein |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.07 km2 (0.41 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 6,594 |
| • Density | 6,160/km2 (16,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 88.3% |
| • Coloured | 11.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
| • Other | 0.3% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Sotho | 59.8% |
| • Afrikaans | 14.4% |
| • Xhosa | 11.6% |
| • Other | 6.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 9306 |
| PO box | 9306 |
