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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Hoopstad
| image_skyline           = Hoopstad Church, Church Street, Hoopstad.jpg
| image_caption           = Hoopstad Church
| pushpin_map             = South Africa Free State#South Africa
| coordinates             = {{coord|27|50|S|25|55|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[South Africa]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[Free State (province)|Free State]]
| subdivision_type2       = District
| subdivision_name2       = [[Lejweleputswa District Municipality|Lejweleputswa]]
| subdivision_type3       = Municipality
| subdivision_name3       = [[Tswelopele Local Municipality|Tswelopele]]
| subdivision_type4       = Main Place
| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = 1873<ref name=established>{{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}}</ref>
| leader_title            = Councillor
| area_footnotes          = <ref name=census2011>Main Place [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/466002 Hoopstad] from Census 2011.</ref>
| area_total_km2          = 27.8
| population_footnotes    = <ref name=census2011 />
| population_total        = 89,917
| population_as_of        = 2011
| population_density_km2  = auto
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| demographics_type1      = Racial makeup (2011)
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name=census2011 />
| demographics1_title1    = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black African]]
| demographics1_info1     = 30%
| demographics1_title2    = [[Coloureds|Coloured]]
| demographics1_info2     = 1.9%
| demographics1_title3    = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]]
| demographics1_info3     = 1.2%
| demographics1_title4    = [[White South African|White]]
| demographics1_info4     = 66%

| demographics1_title5    = Other
| demographics1_info5     = 1.7%
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| demographics_type2      = [[First language]]s (2011)
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref name=census2011 />
| demographics2_title1    = [[Sotho language|Sotho]]
| demographics2_info1     = 3.7%
| demographics2_title2    = [[South African English|English]]
| demographics2_info2     = 3.1%
| demographics2_title3    = [[Tswana language|Tswana]]
| demographics2_info3     = 1.6%
| demographics2_title4    = [[Afrikaans]]
| demographics2_info4     = 86.8%
| demographics2_title5    = Other
| demographics2_info5     = 4.8%
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<!-- Other information -->
| timezone1               = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]]
| utc_offset1             = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in South Africa|Postal code]] (street)
| postal_code             = 9479
| postal2_code_type       = [[Post-office box|PO box]]
| postal2_code            = 9479
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in South Africa|Area code]]
| area_code               = 053
}}
'''Hoopstad''' is a town situated at the intersection of the [[R34 (South Africa)|R34]], [[R59 (South Africa)|R59]] & [[R700 (South Africa)|R700]] in the [[Free State (province)|Free State Province]]. This area is considered to be the richest [[maize]]-producing district in [[South Africa]]. The town is located near the [[Bloemhof]] Dam which is situated on the [[Vaal River]]. The [[Sandveld Nature Reserve]] is positioned alongside the Bloemhof Dam. [[Hopetown]] and Hoopstad are two different towns and are often confused.

==History and activities==
The town of Hoopstad was initially founded in 1876 and named Hauptstad after Mr Haupt, a surveyor. The translation of Hauptstad into Afrikaans means Capital, which it clearly wasn't and the town was therefore renamed Hoopstad. The town, whose name means "Hope City" in [[Afrikaans]], was established on the one side of the large farm ''Kameeldoorns'', with another town [[Bultfontein]] on the other side.

==See also==
*[[Hoopstad (House of Assembly of South Africa constituency)]], which existed from 1910 to 1948

==References==
{{Commons category|Hoopstad}}
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{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Hoopstad
|North     = [[Wolmaransstad]]
|Northwest = [[Bloemhof]]
|Northeast = [[Bothaville]]
|East      = [[Wesselsbron]]
|Southeast = [[Bultfontein]]
|South     = 
|Southwest = [[Hertzogville]]
|West      = [[Christiana, North West|Christiana]]
}}
{{Lejweleputswa District Municipality}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Populated places in the Tswelopele Local Municipality]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1873]]