Boshof
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Boshof | |
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Boshof shown within Free State | |
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Country | South Africa |
Province | Free State |
District | Lejweleputswa |
Municipality | Tokologo |
Established | 1856[1] |
Area[2] | |
• Total | 91.7 km2 (35.4 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 8,509 |
• Density | 93/km2 (240/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011)[2] | |
• Black African | 78.5% |
• Coloured | 10.5% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
• White | 10.1% |
• Other | 0.5% |
First languages (2011)[2] | |
• Tswana | 57.9% |
• Afrikaans | 28.7% |
• Sotho | 4.4% |
• Xhosa | 3.8% |
• Other | 5.1% |
Postal code (street) | 8340 |
PO box | 8340 |
Area code | 053 |
Boshof is a farming town in the west of the Free State province, South Africa.
Town 55 km north-east of Kimberley. Established in March 1856 on the farm Vanwyksvlei, which had been named after a Griqua who sowed his crops on it from time to time. Named in honour of Jacobus Nicolaas Boshof (1808-1881), second President of the Orange Free State (1855–59) and founder of its civil service. Became a municipality in 1872.[3]
The local commando was involved in the Siege of Kimberley, notably the disruption of the city's water supply at Riverton.
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Warrenton | Hertzogville | Bultfontein | |
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Kimberley | Koffiefontein | Bloemfontein |