Bloemfontein

Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein skyline viewed frae Signal Hill
Eik-name(s): The ceety o roses
Bloemfontein
Coordinates:29°06′S26°13′E
Kintra	Sooth Africae
Province	Free State
Municipality	Mangaung
Established	1846
Area
• Total	333.69 km2(128.84 sq mi)
Elevation	1395 m (4,577 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	328,773
• Density	990/km2(2,600/sq mi)
Racial makeup(2001)
•Black African	72.6%
•Coloured	5.0%
•Indie	0.2%
•White	22.2%
First leids(2001)
•Sotho	36.5%
•Afrikaans	25.0%
•Tswana	19.0%
•Xhosa	14.3%
•Ither	5.2%
Time zone	UTC+2(SAST)
Area code(s)	051

Bloemfontein(pronounced/ˈblʊmfɒnteɪn/^{(deprecatit template)},Dutchfor "spring o Bloem (bloom)", "flouer spring" or "funtain o flouers" ) is the caipital ceety o theFree StateProvince oSooth Africae.It is an aa thejudicialcaipital, makin it ane o the three naitional caipitals o Sooth Africae (thegither wi the administrative caipitalPretoriaan the legislative caipitalCape Toun). Bloemfontein is popularly an poetically kent as "the ceety oroses",awin tae the abundance o these flouers an the annual rose festival held thare.The ceety'sSesothoname isMangaung,meanin "place ocheetahs"an it haes been includit in the Mangaung Local Municipality syne 2000.

Bloemfontein is situatit on dry grassland at29°06′S26°13′E,at an altitude o 1,395 metres abuinsea level.The ceety is hame tae 369,568 residents, while theMangaung Local Municipalityhaes a population o 645,455. Bloemfontein is served biBloemfontein Airport.