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Tweespruit
Tweespruit Location within Free State (South African province) Tweespruit Location within South Africa
Coordinates: 29°11′08″S 27°01′44″E
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
District	Thabo Mofutsanyane
Municipality	Mantsopa
Area
• Total	5.1 km2 (2.0 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	5,791
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	90.5%
• Coloured	5.3%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	3.5%
• Other	0.4%
First languages (2011)
• Sotho	84.3%
• Afrikaans	9.1%
• English	2.0%
• Sign language	1.5%
• Other	3.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	9770
PO box	9770
Area code	051

Tweespruit is a small dairy farming town in the Free State province of South Africa. The town lies 27 km east of Thaba Nchu and 47 km north of Hobhouse.

History

Afrikaans for "two creeks", the name refers to the town’s location at the confluence of two small rivers.

The town started as an experimental farm set up on an old British Boer War settlement which was between two creeks, hence the name.

Education

• Unicom Agricultural Secondary School
• Tweespruit Primary School
• Unicom Primary School
• Tweespruit Combined School
• Ezekiel Christian School
• Dawiesville Primary School

Notable people from Tweespruit

• Father Frans Claerhout, artist and priest at Tweespruit mission station.
• Michael Anthony (Pez) Parsonson, SAAF fighter pilot.