Vierfontein is a settlement in Fezile Dabi District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa. Vierfontein is a coal-mining village, formerly associated to the Vierfontein Power Station, which was active from 1953 to 1990. When the power station was decommissioned, the village was sold to a property developer. The abandoned fuel station was used in the film "Orkney snork nie".[2]
vierfontein, settlement, fezile, dabi, district, municipality, free, state, province, south, africa, coal, mining, village, formerly, associated, power, station, which, active, from, 1953, 1990, when, power, station, decommissioned, village, sold, property, de. Vierfontein is a settlement in Fezile Dabi District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa Vierfontein is a coal mining village formerly associated to the Vierfontein Power Station which was active from 1953 to 1990 When the power station was decommissioned the village was sold to a property developer The abandoned fuel station was used in the film Orkney snork nie 2 VierfonteinVierfonteinShow map of Free State South African province VierfonteinShow map of South AfricaCoordinates 27 05 49 S 26 46 34 E 27 097 S 26 776 E 27 097 26 776CountrySouth AfricaProvinceFree StateDistrictFezile DabiMunicipalityMoqhakaArea 1 Total8 21 km2 3 17 sq mi Population 2011 1 Total825 Density100 km2 260 sq mi Racial makeup 2011 1 Black African20 1 Coloured0 1 White79 6 Other0 1 First languages 2011 1 Afrikaans75 2 Sotho16 1 English4 7 Tswana2 1 Other1 9 Time zoneUTC 2 SAST Postal code street 2615PO box2615Area code018Directly translated to English from Afrikaans the name literally means four fountains References edit a b c d Main Place Vierfontein Census 2011 Vierfontein Mullers Gazette Retrieved 29 August 2014 nbsp This Free State location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vierfontein amp oldid 1084908053, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
