Van Stadensrus
Place in Free State, South Africa
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Van Stadensrus is a settlement in Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa.
Van Stadensrus
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  Van Stadensrus Location within Free State (South African province)  Van Stadensrus Location within South Africa | |
| Coordinates: 29.983°S 27.016°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Free State |
| Municipality | Mangaung |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Mayor | Rose Mompati [1] (ANC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.2 km2 (2.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 1,745 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (630/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 96.6% |
| • Coloured | 0.6% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
| • White | 2.1% |
| • Other | 0.5% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Sotho | 85.4% |
| • Xhosa | 5.6% |
| • Afrikaans | 4.1% |
| • English | 1.8% |
| • Other | 3.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 9945 |
| PO box | 9945 |
| Area code | 051 |
The settlement is some 30 km south of Wepener and 35 km north-north-west of Zastron. It was laid out on the farm Mook in 1920 and proclaimed in 1925. Named after its founder, M H van Staden, who purchased the farm in 1908 and built the Egmeni or Egmont Dam nearby.[3]
