Marquard

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Place in Free State, South Africa

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Coordinates: 28°40′S 27°26′E﻿ / ﻿28.667°S 27.433°E﻿ / -28.667; 27.433
Country| South Africa
Province| Free State
District| Thabo Mofutsanyane
Municipality| Setsoto
Area

[1]

• Total

| 7.3 km2 (2.8 sq mi)
Population

(2011)[1]

• Total

| 1,033
• Density| 140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2016)

[1]

• Black African| 42.5%
• Coloured| 1.2%
• Indian/Asian| 5.7%
• White| 47.7%
• Other| 2.9%
First languages (2016)

[1]

• Afrikaans| 53.4%
• Sotho| 29.2%
• English| 11.1%
• Other| 6.3%
Time zone| UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)|

9610

PO box|

9610

Area code| 051
Website| http://www.marquard.co.za/

Marquard is a small farming town in the Free State province of South Africa that serves Winburg in the northwest. The town was set up in 1905 by an influential Dutch Reform minister, JJ Marquard, with the help of Christoffel Cornelis Froneman, the commandant of the Orange Free State. It was established on the farm Varschfontein and attained municipal status in the same year.

Marquard is 169 kilometers east north-east of Bloemfontein and 45 kilometers south-west of Senekal. The town was named after J J T Marquard, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in Winburg, who had pleaded for the establishment of the town.[2]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d Main Place Marquard from Census 2011.
2. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 299.

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Places adjacent to Marquard

| Allemanskraal Dam | Senekal | Rosendal

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Winburg |

Marquard

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Excelsior | Clocolan | Ficksburg

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Municipalities and communities of Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality, Free State

District seat: Witsieshoek (Phuthaditjhaba)

Setsoto|

* Clocolan
* Ficksburg
* Marquard
* Senekal

Thabo Mofutsanyana District within South Africa

Dihlabeng|

* Bethlehem
* Clarens
* Fouriesburg
* Paul Roux
* Rosendal

Nketoana|

* Arlington
* Leratswana
* Lindley
* Petrus Steyn
* Reitz

Maluti-a-Phofung|

* Aberfeldy
* Bolata
* Harrismith
* Kestell
* Makwane
* Witsieshoek (Phuthaditjhaba)
* Swinburne
* Thibela
* Tseki
* Tshiame

Phumelela|

* Memel
* Zamani
* Verkykerskop
* Vrede
* Warden

Mantsopa|

* Excelsior
* Hobhouse
* Ladybrand
* Marseilles
* Thaba Phatswa
* Tweespruit

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