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Bloemfontein is located in central South Africa on the southern edge of the Highveld at an elevation of 1,400 metres (4,600 ft), bordering on the semi-arid region of the Karoo. The area is generally flat with occasional hills ("koppies" in Afrikaans), and the general vegetation is Highveld grassland.
Free State is bordered on the north by North West, Gauteng, and Mpumalanga provinces, on the east by KwaZulu-Natal province and the independent state of Lesotho, on the south by Eastern Cape province, and on the west by Northern Cape province. The provincial capital, Bloemfontein, is also the national judicial capital.
A área é geralmente plana, com colinas ocasionais ( koppies em africâner ), a vegetação em geral é de gramíneas do Alto Veld. Bloemfontein está localizada a 50 km de Botshabelo e 64 km de Thaba Nchu, as outras duas cidades do município local de Mangaung.
South Africa. Free State. Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality. Bloemfontein is popularly and poetically known as "the city of roses", for its abundance of these flowers and the annual rose festival held there.
Map. + −. Leaflet. More about this city. Bloemfontein ( BLOOM-fon-tayn; Afrikaans: [ˈblumfɔntɛin] ), also known as Bloem, is the capital and the largest city of the Free State province in South Africa.
With the feel of a small country village, despite its double-capital status – it’s the Free State’s capital and the judicial capital of the country – Bloemfontein is one of South Africa’s most relaxed and welcoming cities.
Heading east you will reach Thaba 'Nchu, 60 km outside Bloemfontein, which has a luxury hotel and casino complex as well as Maria Moroka Nature Reserve. 130 km from Bloemfontein is the pleasant town of Ladybrand close to Lesotho and its capital city of Maseru.
