Warden, Free State

Coordinates: 27°51′14″S 28°58′00″E / 27.85389°S 28.96667°E

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Warden
Dutch Reformed Church in Warden.
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Coordinates: 27°51′14″S 28°58′00″E / 27.85389°S 28.96667°E / -27.85389; 28.96667
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
District	Thabo Mofutsanyane
Municipality	Phumelela
Area ^[1]
• Total	17.0 km² (6.6 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	10,977
• Density	650/km² (1,700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) ^[1]
• Black African	92.1%
• Coloured	0.4%
• Indian/Asian	0.5%
• White	6.4%
• Other	0.5%
First languages (2011) ^[1]
• Zulu	62.9%
• Sotho	25.2%
• Afrikaans	7.2%
• English	1.6%
• Other	3.0%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	9890
PO box	9890
Area code	058

Warden is a town situated in the Free State province of South Africa on the N3 highway between Johannesburg and Durban.

The town is 56 km north of Harrismith and 106 kilometres (66 mi) south-south-east of Villiers. It was laid out on the farm Rietvlei in 1912, proclaimed in 1913, and attained municipal status in 1920. It is said to be named after Charles Frederick Warden, landdrost of Harrismith from 1884 to 1900.^[2]

Warden and Dirkie Uys School celebrated their centenary during September 2013. The town has one of the largest Dutch Reformed Churches in South Africa, with seating for 1,750.

After the African National Congress came into power in 1994, the town's infrastructure deteriorated.^{[citation needed]} Most roads are now unpaved and most public buildings have been in decline. A young group of residents took part in restoring Warden. A new main road and several buildings has since been built or upgraded. One of the biggest municipal dams is also being built. Warden's locality (in the middle of SA and on the N3 highway connecting Gauteng and Durban), water supply, industrial land and labour makes it an ideal place for industrial development. Houses in Warden are reasonably priced. Industrial and residential land are also available.^{[citation needed]}

The farming area around Warden produces a big part of the country's potatoes, maize and red meat.^{[citation needed]}

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sum of the Main Places Zenzeleni and Warden from Census 2011.
^ Raper, P. E. (1989). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 467. ISBN 978-0-947464-04-2 – via Internet Archive.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality, Free State
District seat: Witsieshoek (Phuthaditjhaba)
Setsoto	Clocolan Ficksburg Marquard Senekal	Thabo Mofutsanyana District within South Africa
Dihlabeng	Bethlehem Clarens Fouriesburg Paul Roux Rosendal
Nketoana	Arlington Leratswana Lindley Petrus Steyn Reitz
Maluti-a-Phofung	Aberfeldy Bolata Harrismith Kestell Makwane Witsieshoek (Phuthaditjhaba) Swinburne Thibela Tseki Tshiame
Phumelela	Memel Zamani Verkykerskop Vrede Warden
Mantsopa	Excelsior Hobhouse Ladybrand Marseilles Thaba Phatswa Tweespruit

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