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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Taaibos Lifestyle Estate

| pushpin_map = South Africa Free State#South Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|26.911|S|27.891|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 = Fezile Dabi

| subdivision_type3 = Municipality

| subdivision_name3 = Metsimaholo

| subdivision_type4 = Main Place

| established_title = Established

| established_date = 1948

| leader_title = Private Owner

| leader_name = LSP Group

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/478016 |title = Main Place Taaibos Lifestyle Estate |work=Census 2011}}

| area_total_km2 = 6.34

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 1059

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = Black African

| demographics1_info1 = 11.9%

| demographics1_title2 = Coloured

| demographics1_info2 = 2.8%

| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian

| demographics1_info3 = 0.8%

| demographics1_title4 = White

| demographics1_info4 = 83.9%

| demographics1_title5 = Other

| demographics1_info5 = 0.5%

| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)

| demographics2_footnotes =

| demographics2_title1 = Afrikaans

| demographics2_info1 = 82.0%

| demographics2_title2 = English

| demographics2_info2 = 7.3%

| demographics2_title3 = Sotho

| demographics2_info3 = 7.0%

| demographics2_title4 = Zulu

| demographics2_info4 = 1.5%

| demographics2_title5 = Other

| demographics2_info5 = 2.3%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)

| postal_code = 1946

| postal2_code_type = PO box

| postal2_code = 1946

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 016

| website = www.taaiboslifestyleestate.co.za

}}

Taaibos Lifestyle Estate is a new developing estate in the Free State province of South Africa and part of the Metsimaholo Local Municipality.

Taaibos Lifestyle Estate is a former coal-mining village located between Sasolburg and Heilbron,{{cite web|title=Free State candidate for first dedicated cargo airport in SA|url=http://www.bulletinonline.co.za/berig.php?id=142|publisher=Free State Business Bulletin|accessdate=29 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903174617/http://www.bulletinonline.co.za/berig.php?id=142|archive-date=3 September 2014|url-status=dead}} and is home to two decommissioned power stations, Taaibos and Highveld, inactive since 1994.{{cite web|title=Taaibos Power Station|url=http://heritage.eskom.co.za/taaibos.htm|publisher=Eskom|accessdate=29 August 2014|archive-date=27 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427144542/http://heritage.eskom.co.za/Taaibos.htm|url-status=dead}}

Directly translated from Afrikaans to English, the name literally means "power source".

References

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{{Fezile Dabi District Municipality}}

Category:Populated places in the Metsimaholo Local Municipality

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