Bloemfontein

Bloemfontein is popularly and poetically known as "the city of roses", for its abundance of these flowers and the annual rose festival held there. The city hosts numerous museums, including the National Women's Monument, the Anglo-Boer War Museum, the National Museum, and the Oliewenhuis Art Museum.
  • City with about 256,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,400 metres (4,580 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code BFN
  • Description: judicial capital of South Africa
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Toyota Stadium and Bloemfontein railway station.
The Free State Stadium, currently known as the Toyota…
Railway station
Bloemfontein central railway station is a railway…
The National Museum in Bloemfontein dates back to the…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westdene and Hospitaalpark.
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Latitude
-29.1164° or 29° 6′ 59″ south
Longitude
26.2155° or 26° 12′ 56″ east
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ZA BFN
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Bloemfontein” goes by many names.
БлумфонтеинAbkhazian
BloemfonteinAfrikaans
BloemfonteinAlbanian
ብሉምፎንቴይንAmharic
بلومفونتاينArabic
بلومفونتينArabic
بلويمفونتاينArabic
ԲլումֆոնթեյնArmenian
ԲլումֆոնտեյնArmenian
BloemfonteinArpitan
BloemfonteinAsturian
BlumfonteynAzerbaijani
BloemfonteinBalinese
BloemfonteinBasque
MangaungBasque
БлумфантэйнBelarusian
БлюмфантэйнBelarusian
ব্লোমফন্টেইনBengali
BloemfonteinBosnian
BloemfonteinBreton
БлумфонтейнBulgarian
BloemfonteinCatalan
BloemfonteinCebuano
Bloemfontein (kapital sa lalawigan sa Habagatang Aprika)Cebuano
بلوومفۆنتەینCentral Kurdish
БлумфонтейнChechen
布隆方丹Chinese
布隆泉Chinese
BloemfonteinCroatian
BloemfonteinCzech
BloemfonteinDanish
MangaungDanish
BloemfonteinDutch
БлумфонтейнEastern Mari
بلومفونتينEgyptian Arabic
BloemfonteinEsperanto
BlumfontejnoEsperanto
BloemfonteinEstonian
BloemfonteinFaroese
BloemfonteinFinnish
BloemfonteinGalician
MangaungGalician
ბლუმფონტეინიGeorgian
ΜπλουμφοντέινGreek
BloemfonteinGuarani
બ્લોમફોન્ટેનGujarati
BloemfonteinHakka Chinese
BloemfonteinHausa
בלומפונטייןHebrew
ब्लूमफ़ोनटेनHindi
BloemfonteinHungarian
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MangaungItalian
ブルームフォンテーンJapanese
ブルームフォンテインJapanese
ブルームフォンテンJapanese
BloemfonteinJavanese
BloemfonteinKabyle
ಬ್ಲಾಎಂಫಾಂಟೆನ್Kannada
БлумфонтейнKazakh
БлумфонтейнKildin Sami
БлумфонтейнKirghiz
볼룸폰테인Korean
블롬폰테인Korean
블룸폰테인Korean
BloemfonteinLatin
BloemfonteinumLatin
BloemfonteinLatvian
BlumfonteinaLatvian
MangaungLatvian
BloemfonteinLigurian
BlufonteinasLithuanian
BlumfonteinasLithuanian
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BloemfonteinLombard
BloemfonteinLule Sami
BloemfonteinLuxembourgish
БлумфонтејнMacedonian
BloemfonteinMalagasy
BloemfonteinMalay
BloemfonteinMalayalam
ബ്ലൂംഫൗണ്ടെയിൻMalayalam
PūrumiwhōninitiMaori
ब्लूमफाँटेनMarathi
ब्लोएमफाँटेनMarathi
بلومفونتنMazanderani
BloemfonteinMin Dong Chinese
BloemfonteinMin Nan Chinese
BloemfonteinMinangkabau
ბლუმფონტეინიMingrelian
بلومفونطينMoroccan Arabic
Chxǫǫh Biiʼ Tóháálį́Navajo
BloemfonteinNeapolitan
BloemfonteinNorthern Frisian
BloemfonteinNorthern Sami
BloemfonteinNorwegian
BloemfontainNorwegian Bokmål
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BloemfonteinNorwegian Nynorsk
MangaungNorwegian Nynorsk
BlumfonteynNovial
BloemfonteinNyanja
BloemfonteinOccitan (post 1500)
BloemfonteinOromo
БлумфонтейнOssetian
ਬਲੂਮਫੋਂਟੈਨPanjabi
BloemfonteinPapiamento
BloemfonteinPedi
BloemfonteinPennsylvania German
بلومفونتنPersian
بلوم‌فونتینPersian
BloemfonteinPiemontese
BloemfonteinPite Sami
BloemfonteinPolish
بلومفونتينPushto
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БлумфонтејнSerbian
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BloemfonteinShona
بلومفونٽينSindhi
බ්ලොම්ෆොන්ටීන්Sinhala
BloemfonteinSkolt Sami
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BloemfonteinSomali
بلومفونتنSouth Azerbaijani
BloemfonteinSouthern Sami
MangaungSouthern Sotho
BloemfonteinSwahili
MangaungSwahili
BlœmfontainSwedish
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BloemfonteinTagalog
БлумфонтейнTajik
புளும்பொன்டின்Tamil
БлумфонтейнTatar
బ్లామ్ ఫాంటేయిన్Telugu
บลูมฟอนเทนThai
โบลเอมฟอนเทอินThai
BloemfonteinTornedalen Finnish
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Bloem FonteinTurkish
БлумфонтайнUkrainian
БлумфонтейнUkrainian
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بلومفونٹینUrdu
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BloemfonteinVenda
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BloemfonteinWaray (Philippines)
MangaungWaray (Philippines)
BloemfonteinWelsh
BloemfonteinWestern Frisian
بلوئمفونٹینWestern Panjabi
بلومفونٹینWestern Panjabi
布隆方丹Wu Chinese
EBloemfonteinXhosa
בלומפאנטייןYiddish
BloemfonteinYoruba
布隆方丹Yue Chinese
BloemfonteinZeeuws
BloemfonteinZulu
IBloemfonteinZulu
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ma Lunponten
ma Punponten
ma tomo Bloemfontein
ma tomo Lunponten
ma tomo Punponten

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