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Taaibos Lifestyle Estate is a new developing estate in the Free State province of South Africa and part of the Metsimaholo Local Municipality.
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Coordinates: 26.911°S 27.891°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Free State |
District | Fezile Dabi |
Municipality | Metsimaholo |
Established | 1948 |
Government | |
• Private Owner | LSP Group |
Area | |
• Total | 6.34 km2 (2.45 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,059 |
• Density | 170/km2 (430/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 11.9% |
• Coloured | 2.8% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.8% |
• White | 83.9% |
• Other | 0.5% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 82.0% |
• English | 7.3% |
• Sotho | 7.0% |
• Zulu | 1.5% |
• Other | 2.3% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 1946 |
PO box | 1946 |
Area code | 016 |
Website | www.taaiboslifestyleestate.co.za |
Taaibos Lifestyle Estate is a former coal-mining village located between Sasolburg and Heilbron,[2] and is home to two decommissioned power stations, Taaibos and Highveld, inactive since 1994.[3] Directly translated from Afrikaans to English, the name literally means "power source".
References
- "Main Place Taaibos Lifestyle Estate". Census 2011.
- "Free State candidate for first dedicated cargo airport in SA". Free State Business Bulletin. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- "Taaibos Power Station". Eskom. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
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