{{Other uses}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{More citations needed|date=December 2009}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Marquard | other_name = Moemaneng | pushpin_map = South Africa Free State#South Africa | coordinates = {{coord|28|40|S|27|26|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = South Africa | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Free State | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Thabo Mofutsanyane | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = Setsoto | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | established_title = Established | leader_title = Councillor | area_footnotes = <ref name=census2011>Main Place [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/469005 Marquard] from Census 2011.</ref> | area_total_km2 = 7.3 | population_footnotes = <ref name=census2011 /> | population_total = 1033 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto <!-- demographics (section 1) --> | demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2016) | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name=census2011 /> | demographics1_title1 = Black African | demographics1_info1 = 42.5% | demographics1_title2 = Coloured | demographics1_info2 = 1.2% | demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian | demographics1_info3 = 5.7% | demographics1_title4 = White | demographics1_info4 = 47.7% | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 = 2.9% <!-- demographics (section 2) --> | demographics_type2 = First languages (2016) | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name=census2011 /> | demographics2_title1 = Afrikaans | demographics2_info1 = 53.4% | demographics2_title2 = Sotho | demographics2_info2 = 29.2% | demographics2_title3 = English | demographics2_info3 = 11.1% | demographics2_title4 = Other | demographics2_info4 = 6.3% <!-- blank fields (section 2) --> <!-- Other information --> | timezone1 = SAST | utc_offset1 = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code (street) | postal_code = 9610 | postal2_code_type = PO box | postal2_code = 9610 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = 051 | website = http://www.marquard.co.za/ }}
'''Marquard''' is a small farming town in the Free State province of South Africa that serves Winburg in the northwest. The town was set up in 1905 by an influential Dutch Reform minister, JJ Marquard, with the help of Christoffel Cornelis Froneman, the commandant of the Orange Free State. It was established on the farm Varschfontein and attained municipal status in the same year.
Marquard is 169 kilometers east north-east of Bloemfontein and 45 kilometers south-west of Senekal. The town was named after J J T Marquard, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in Winburg, who had pleaded for the establishment of the town.<ref name=dsapn>{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=299}}</ref>
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{{Geographic Location |Centre = Marquard |North = Senekal |Northwest = ''Allemanskraal Dam'' |Northeast = Rosendal |East = Fouriesburg |Southeast = Ficksburg |South = Clocolan |Southwest = Excelsior |West = Winburg }}
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Category:Populated places in the Setsoto Local Municipality Category:Populated places established in 1905 Category:1905 establishments in South Africa
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