Hobhouse, South Africa

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Hobhouse

| image_skyline = Graham Maclachlan - Hobhouse NG Kerk.jpg

| image_caption = Hobhouse, Dutch Reformed Church

| pushpin_map = South Africa Free State#South Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|29|31|41|S|27|08|29|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 = Mantsopa

| subdivision_type4 = Main Place

| established_title = Established

| leader_title = Councillor

| area_footnotes = {{Cite web|url=https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/474010|title = Census 2011: Main Place: Hobhouse}}

| area_total_km2 = 12.6

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 244

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = White

| demographics1_info1 = 44.67%

| demographics1_title2 = Black African

| demographics1_info2 = 42.62%

| demographics1_title3 = Coloured

| demographics1_info3 = 8.61%

| demographics1_title4 = Indian/Asian

| demographics1_info4 = 2.87%

| demographics1_title5 = Other

| demographics1_info5 = 1.23%

| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)

| demographics2_footnotes =

| demographics2_title1 = Afrikaans

| demographics2_info1 = 43.44%

| demographics2_title2 = Sotho

| demographics2_info2 = 38.11%

| demographics2_title3 = English

| demographics2_info3 = 14.34%

| demographics2_title4 = Other

| demographics2_info4 = 3.69%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)

| postal_code = 9740

| postal2_code_type = PO box

| postal2_code = 9740

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 051

}}

Hobhouse is a small farming and homesteading town in the Free State province of South Africa. Maize, wheat, and livestock are produced here.

Background

The town lies 32 km north-east of Wepener and 51 km south-west of Ladybrand, near the Lesotho border. It was laid out on the farm Poortjie in 1912 and attained municipal status in 1913. It is named after Emily Hobhouse (1860-1926), author and philanthropist who brought to public notice abuses in concentration camps during the Anglo-Boer War.{{cite web |title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain) |url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames |publisher=Human Science Research Council |page=212}}

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