Marquard
Moemaneng
Marquard is located in Free State (South African province)
Marquard
Marquard
Marquard is located in South Africa
Marquard
Marquard
Coordinates: 28°40′S 27°26′E / 28.667°S 27.433°E / -28.667; 27.433
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceFree State
DistrictThabo Mofutsanyane
MunicipalitySetsoto
Area
  Total7.3 km2 (2.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total1,033
  Density140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2016)
  Black African42.5%
  Coloured1.2%
  Indian/Asian5.7%
  White47.7%
  Other2.9%
First languages (2016)
  Afrikaans53.4%
  Sotho29.2%
  English11.1%
  Other6.3%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
9610
PO box
9610
Area code051
Websitehttp://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

  1. 1 2 3 4 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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