Bloemfontein

Bloemfontein (, Dutch for "spring o Bloem (bloom)", "flouer spring" or "funtain o flouers") is the caipital ceety o the Free State Province o Sooth Africae. It is an aa the judicial caipital, makin it ane o the three naitional caipitals o Sooth Africae (thegither wi the administrative caipital Pretoria an the legislative caipital Cape Toun). Bloemfontein is popularly an poetically kent as "the ceety o roses", awin tae the abundance o these flouers an the annual rose festival held thare.Bloemfontein: Did you know? Bloemfontein: General Information  The ceety's Sesotho name is Mangaung, meanin "place o cheetahs" an it haes been includit in the Mangaung Local Municipality syne 2000.

Bloemfontein is situatit on dry grassland at , at an altitude o 1,395 metres abuin sea level. The ceety is hame tae 369,568 residents, while the Mangaung Local Municipality haes a population o 645,455.  Bloemfontein is served bi Bloemfontein Airport.

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Category:Populatit places in the Free State (Sooth African province)
Category:Ceeties in Sooth Africae
Category:Provincial caipitals in Sooth Africae
Category:University touns in Sooth Africae
Category:Caipitals in Africae
Category:Populatit places established in 1846
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