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More about the area... Bloemfontein, "flower spring" or "fountain of flowers" is the capital city of the Free State Province of South Africa as well as one of the nation's three capitals, being the judicial capital. The city's Sesotho name is Mangaung, meaning "place of cheetahs" and became part of the Mangaung Local Municipality in 2000. Bloemfontein is popularly and poetically known as "the city of roses", owing to the abundance of these flowers and the annual rose festival held there. The city is situated on dry grassland at 29°06′S 26°13′E , at an altitude of 1,395 metres above sea level and home to 369,568 residents, while the Mangaung Local Municipality has a population of 645,455. |




