Makwane

Makwane is a village in the Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Makwane
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Coordinates: 28°32′56″S 28°52′41″E / 28.549°S 28.878°E / -28.549; 28.878
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
District	Thabo Mofutsanyane
Municipality	Maluti-a-Phofung
Area [1]
• Total	11.78 km2 (4.55 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	18,550
• Density	1,575/km2 (4,078/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	99.7%
• Coloured	0.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.1%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Sotho	90.8%
• Zulu	4.8%
• Sign language	1.5%
• Other	2.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
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It is the original hometown of the Free State Stars, which were established in 1977 as the Makwane Computer Stars.^[2]

In 2014, Sasol established an Integrated Energy Centre in the Makwane, to provide the community with energy services and other amenities.^[3] Makwane consists of metsimatsho, phahameng, comet, molapo sekgutlong, tebang and matshekgeng.

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Main Place Makwane". Census 2011.
2. ^ "Club History". Free State Stars. Archived from the original on 24 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
3. ^ "Sasol and Government to bring affordable energy to the Makwane Village". Sasol. Retrieved 29 August 2014.

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