Makwane
Place in Free State, South Africa
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Makwane is a village in the Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa.
CountrySouth Africa
Makwane | |
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| Coordinates: 28.549°S 28.878°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Free State |
| District | Thabo Mofutsanyane |
| Municipality | Maluti-a-Phofung |
| Area | |
• Total | 11.78 km2 (4.55 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 18,550 |
| • Density | 1,575/km2 (4,078/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 99.7% |
| • Coloured | 0.1% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
| • White | 0.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Sotho | 90.8% |
| • Zulu | 4.8% |
| • Sign language | 1.5% |
| • Other | 2.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
It is the original hometown of the Free State Stars, which were established in 1977 as the Makwane Computer Stars.[2]
In 2014, Sasol established an Integrated Energy Centre in the Makwane, to provide the community with energy services and other amenities.[3] Makwane consists of metsimatsho, phahameng, comet, molapo sekgutlong, tebang and matshekgeng.
