# Tweespruit

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Tweespruit
| pushpin_map             = South Africa Free State#South Africa
| coordinates             = {{coord|29|11|08|S|27|01|44|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [South Africa](/source/South_Africa)
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [Free State](/source/Free_State_(province))
| subdivision_type2       = District
| subdivision_name2       = [Thabo Mofutsanyane](/source/Thabo_Mofutsanyane_District_Municipality)
| subdivision_type3       = Municipality
| subdivision_name3       = [Mantsopa](/source/Mantsopa_Local_Municipality)
| subdivision_type4       = Main Place
| established_title       = Established
| leader_title            = Councillor
| area_footnotes          = <ref name=census2011>Sum of the Main Places [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/474006 Tweespruit] and [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/474007 Borwa] from Census 2011.</ref>
| area_total_km2          = 5.1
| population_footnotes    = <ref name=census2011 />
| population_total        = 5791
| population_as_of        = 2011
| population_density_km2  = auto
<!-- demographics (section 1) -->
| demographics_type1      = Racial makeup (2011)
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name=census2011 />
| demographics1_title1    = [Black African](/source/Bantu_peoples_of_South_Africa)
| demographics1_info1     = 90.5%
| demographics1_title2    = [Coloured](/source/Coloureds)
| demographics1_info2     = 5.3%
| demographics1_title3    = [Indian](/source/Indian_South_African)/[Asian](/source/Asian_South_African)
| demographics1_info3     = 0.3%
| demographics1_title4    = [White](/source/White_South_African)
| demographics1_info4     = 3.5%
| demographics1_title5    = Other
| demographics1_info5     = 0.4%
<!-- demographics (section 2) -->
| demographics_type2      = [First language](/source/First_language)s (2011)
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref name=census2011 />
| demographics2_title1    = [Sotho](/source/Sotho_language)
| demographics2_info1     = 84.3%
| demographics2_title2    = [Afrikaans](/source/Afrikaans)
| demographics2_info2     = 9.1%
| demographics2_title3    = [English](/source/English_language)
| demographics2_info3     = 2.0%
| demographics2_title4    = [Sign language](/source/South_African_Sign_Language)
| demographics2_info4     = 1.5%
| demographics2_title5    = Other
| demographics2_info5     = 3.1%
<!-- blank fields (section 2) -->
<!-- Other information -->
| timezone1               = [SAST](/source/South_African_Standard_Time)
| utc_offset1             = +2
| postal_code_type        = [Postal code](/source/List_of_postal_codes_in_South_Africa) (street)
| postal_code             = 9770
| postal2_code_type       = [PO box](/source/Post-office_box)
| postal2_code            = 9770
| area_code_type          = [Area code](/source/Telephone_numbers_in_South_Africa)
| area_code               = 051
}}
'''Tweespruit''' is a small [dairy](/source/dairy) farming town in the [Free State](/source/Free_State_(South_African_province)) province of [South Africa](/source/South_Africa). The town lies 27&nbsp;km east of [Thaba Nchu](/source/Thaba_Nchu) and 47&nbsp;km north of [Hobhouse](/source/Hobhouse%2C_Free_State).<ref name=map_1>{{cite web|title=Google Map - Hobhouse to Tweespruit |url=http://maps.google.co.za/maps?saddr=Hobhouse,+Free+State&daddr=Tweespruit&hl=en&ll=-29.351058,27.200775&spn=0.842687,1.234589&sll=-29.18741,27.033291&sspn=0.026376,0.038581&geocode=FWxiPf4dEG6eASlPtgRBA4SOHjHvduff_PeGTg%3BFa6iQv4dy36cASmztciJeHGOHjEay343n9JtLg&oq=hobhouse&t=h&mra=ls&z=10}}</ref>

==History==
Afrikaans for "two creeks", the name refers to the town’s location at the confluence of two small rivers.<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=441}}</ref>

The town started as an experimental farm set up on an old [British](/source/United_Kingdom) [Boer War](/source/Second_Boer_War) settlement which was between two creeks, hence the name.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

==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](/source/Frans_Claerhout), artist and priest at Tweespruit mission station.<ref>[http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/sa-artist-father-frans-claerhout-born South African History Online - SA Artist, Father Frans Claerhout, is born]</ref>
* Michael Anthony (Pez) Parsonson, [SAAF](/source/South_African_Air_Force) fighter pilot.

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality}}

Category:Populated places in the Mantsopa Local Municipality

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