Thabong
Thabong | |
|---|---|
Boitumelo Junction shopping mall on Dr Phakathi Drive in Thabong | |
| Coordinates: 27°57′58″S 26°48′40″E / 27.966°S 26.811°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Free State |
| District | Lejweleputswa |
| Municipality | Matjhabeng |
| Area | |
• Total | 29.45 km2 (11.37 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 126,013 |
| • Density | 4,300/km2 (11,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 99.3% |
| • Coloured | 0.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
| • White | 0.1% |
| • Other | 0.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Sotho | 71.7% |
| • Xhosa | 15.7% |
| • Zulu | 2.5% |
| • English | 2.3% |
| • Other | 7.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| PO box | 9870 |
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Thabong (meaning 'place of happiness' in Southern Sotho) is the second largest township after Botshabelo in the Free State province of South Africa. The township was established during the years of segregation of black people as well as the township of Bronville for coloured people adjacent to the city of Welkom, to accommodate workers at the world's richest gold mines.
The township forms part of Matjhabeng Local Municipality in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality, that includes Welkom. The township is filled with diversity of people due to people who came from various countries like Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, etc. to work in mines of Goldfields. The most spoken languages in Thabong is Sesotho followed by Xhosa.