Ladybrand

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Ladybrand

| pushpin_map = South Africa Free State#South Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|29|11|36|S|27|27|18|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

| established_date = 1868{{cite thesis |last=Robson |first=Linda Gillian |title=The Royal Engineers and settlement planning in the Cape Colony 1806–1872: Approach, methodology and impact |date=2011 |type=PhD thesis |publisher=University of Pretoria |chapter=Annexure A |chapter-url=https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/26503/05back.pdf?sequence=6&isAllowed=y#page=31 |url=https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/26503 |hdl=2263/26503 |pages=xlv–lii}}

| leader_title = Councillor

| area_footnotes = Main Place [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/474005 Ladybrand] from Census 2011.

| area_total_km2 = 42.0

| elevation_m = 1578

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 4218

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = Black African

| demographics1_info1 = 37.2%

| demographics1_title2 = Coloured

| demographics1_info2 = 13.1%

| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian

| demographics1_info3 = 4.7%

| demographics1_title4 = White

| demographics1_info4 = 37.3%

| demographics1_title5 = Other

| demographics1_info5 = 3.7%

| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)

| demographics2_footnotes =

| demographics2_title1 = Afrikaans

| demographics2_info1 = 40.9%

| demographics2_title2 = Sotho

| demographics2_info2 = 31.1%

| demographics2_title3 = English

| demographics2_info3 = 20.4%

| demographics2_title4 = Tswana

| demographics2_info4 = 0.8%

| demographics2_title5 = Other

| demographics2_info5 = 3.1%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)

| postal_code = 9745

| postal2_code_type = PO box

| postal2_code = 9745

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 051

}}

Ladybrand is a small agricultural town in the Free State province of South Africa, situated 18 km from Maseru, the capital of Lesotho. Ladybrand is one of five towns that forms the Mantsopa Local Municipality.[http://www.mantsopa.net/index.php Mantsopa Local Municipality] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723202006/http://www.mantsopa.net/index.php |date=2011-07-23 }} Retrieved 2010-09-11. Founded in 1867 following the Basotho Wars, it was named after Lady (Catharina) Brand, the wife of the president of the Orange Free State, Johannes Brand.{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Ladybrand|volume=16|page=62}}{{cite web|url=http://www.propertyladybrand.co.za/template/AreaInfo.vm|title=About Ladybrand|publisher=propertyladybrand.co.za|access-date=2016-11-07}}

The settlement of Ladybrand was created by Voortrekkers to give them control over the territories conquered and captured after the above-mentioned Basotho war. In 1900, during the Second Anglo-Boer War, Ladybrand came under the control of the British.