Overview of Bloemfontein

Bloemfontein was founded in 1846 and now has a population of around half a million people. J. R. R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings was born in Bloemfontein in 1892. In 1923, the African National Congress political party was founded in Bloemfontein. Read More »

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Overview of Bloemfontein is based on Bloemfontein by Ikan Kekek, Bill Ellett, Peter Fitzgerald, Vidimian, anonymous, iGuide and others. Travel guides are available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.