Marquard

For other uses, seeMarquard (disambiguation).

Marquard Moemaneng
Marquard Marquard
Coordinates:28°40′S27°26′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
District	Thabo Mofutsanyane
Municipality	Setsoto
Area
• Total	7.3 km2(2.8 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,033
• Density	140/km2(370/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2016)
•Black African	42.5%
•Coloured	1.2%
•Indian/Asian	5.7%
•White	47.7%
• Other	2.9%
First languages(2016)
•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/

Marquardis a small farming town in theFree Stateprovince ofSouth Africathat servesWinburgin the northwest. The town was set up in 1905 by an influentialDutch Reformminister, JJ Marquard, with the help ofChristoffel Cornelis Froneman,the commandant of theOrange Free State.It was established on the farm Varschfontein and attained municipal status in the same year.

Marquard is 169 kilometers east north-east ofBloemfonteinand 45 kilometers south-west ofSenekal.The town was named after J J T Marquard, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church inWinburg,who had pleaded for the establishment of the town.