Edenburg

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title: "Edenburg" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-the-kopanong-local-municipality", "populated-places-founded-by-afrikaners", "populated-places-established-in-1862", "1862-establishments-in-the-orange-free-state"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-the-kopanong-local-municipality" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edenburg" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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image_skylineThe Town Hall in Edenburg.JPG
image_captionThe Town Hall in Edenburg
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coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameSouth Africa
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Free State
subdivision_type2District
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subdivision_type3Municipality
subdivision_name3Kopanong
subdivision_type4Main Place
established_titleEstablished
established_date1862
government_typeMunicipality
leader_partyANC
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameXolile Mathwa
area_footnotes
area_total_km241.4
population_footnotes
population_total14566
population_as_of2011
population_density_km2auto
demographics_type1Racial makeup (2011)
demographics1_footnotes
demographics1_title1Black African
demographics1_info175.8%
demographics1_title2Coloured
demographics1_info216.6%
demographics1_title3Indian/Asian
demographics1_info30.4%
demographics1_title4White
demographics1_info46.8%
demographics1_title5Other
demographics1_info50.4%
demographics_type2First languages (2011)
demographics2_footnotes
demographics2_title1Sotho
demographics2_info153.4%
demographics2_title2Afrikaans
demographics2_info226.5%
demographics2_title3Xhosa
demographics2_info314.0%
demographics2_title4Tswana
demographics2_info42.0%
demographics2_title5Other
demographics2_info54.1%
timezone1SAST
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| name = Edenburg | image_skyline = The Town Hall in Edenburg.JPG | image_caption = The Town Hall in Edenburg | pushpin_map = South Africa Free State#South Africa#Africa | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = South Africa | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Free State | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Xhariep | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = Kopanong | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | established_title = Established | established_date = 1862 | government_type = Municipality | leader_party = ANC | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Xolile Mathwa | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 41.4 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 14566 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto | demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011) | demographics1_footnotes = | demographics1_title1 = Black African | demographics1_info1 = 75.8% | demographics1_title2 = Coloured | demographics1_info2 = 16.6% | demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian | demographics1_info3 = 0.4% | demographics1_title4 = White | demographics1_info4 = 6.8% | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 = 0.4% | demographics_type2 = First languages (2011) | demographics2_footnotes = | demographics2_title1 = Sotho | demographics2_info1 = 53.4% | demographics2_title2 = Afrikaans | demographics2_info2 = 26.5% | demographics2_title3 = Xhosa | demographics2_info3 = 14.0% | demographics2_title4 = Tswana | demographics2_info4 = 2.0% | demographics2_title5 = Other | demographics2_info5 = 4.1% | timezone1 = SAST | utc_offset1 = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code (street) | postal_code = 9908 | postal2_code_type = PO box | postal2_code = 9908 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = 051 Edenburg is a town situated about 80 km south of Bloemfontein in the Free State province of South Africa. , it had a population of 14,566.

Background

Edenburg was proclaimed a town in 1863 and received municipal government in 1891.

The town is 85 km south-south-west of Bloemfontein. Laid out on the farm Rietfontein in 1862 with the Dutch Reformed Church built in the same year and it became a municipality in 1891. The name is said to be either of biblical origin or an adaptation of Edinburgh, name of the birthplace in Scotland of the Reverend Andrew Murray, for many years the only minister in the Orange Free State.

The N1 highway bypasses the town to the east, while the Port Elizabeth–Bloemfontein railway runs along its western edge.

References

|Centre = Edenburg |North = Bloemfontein 75 km |Northwest = |Northeast = |East = Reddersburg |Southeast = Smithfield |South = Trompsburg |Southwest = |West = Jagersfontein

References

  1. Robson, Linda Gillian. (2011). "The Royal Engineers and settlement planning in the Cape Colony 1806–1872: Approach, methodology and impact". University of Pretoria.
  2. link. (2014-01-06)
  3. Sum of the Main Places [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/461004 Edenburg] and [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/461005 Ha-Rasebei] from Census 2011.
  4. Including the "[[township (South Africa). township]]" of Ha-Rasebei. "Main Places [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/40203 'Edenburg'] and [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/40205 'Ha-Rasebai']". Census 2001. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  5. "Edenburg". Free State Tourism.
  6. Conolly, Denis. (1975). "The Tourist in South Africa". Travel-Guide (PTY) LTD.
  7. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council.

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