Editing Philippolis (section)

{{Distinguish|Philippopolis (disambiguation){{!}}Philippopolis}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Philippolis
| image_skyline           = Dorpsbeeld Philippolis.JPG
| image_caption           = Philippolis
| map_caption             = Philipolis in the Free State
| pushpin_map             = South Africa Free State#South Africa
| coordinates             = {{coord|30|16|S|25|17|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       = [[Xhariep District Municipality|Xhariep]]
| subdivision_type3       = Municipality
| subdivision_name3       = [[Kopanong Local Municipality|Kopanong]]
| subdivision_type4       = Main Place
| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = 1823<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>
| government_type         = Ward 4
| leader_title            = Councillor
| leader_name             = Nomvulazana Judith Stuurman
| area_footnotes          = <ref name=census2011>Sum of the Main Places [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/461013 Philippolis] and [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/461014 Poding-Tse-Rolo] from Census 2011.</ref>
| area_total_km2          = 39.6
| population_footnotes    = <ref name=census2011 />
| population_total        = 3648
| population_as_of        = 2011
| population_density_km2  = auto
<!-- demographics (section 1) -->
| demographics_type1      = Racial makeup (2011)
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name=census2011 />
| demographics1_title1    = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black African]]
| demographics1_info1     = 65.1%
| demographics1_title2    = [[Coloureds|Coloured]]
| demographics1_info2     = 27.6%
| demographics1_title3    = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]]
| demographics1_info3     = 0.5%
| demographics1_title4    = [[White South African|White]]
| demographics1_info4     = 5.9%
| demographics1_title5    = Other
| demographics1_info5     = 0.9%
<!-- demographics (section 2) -->
| demographics_type2      = [[First language]]s (2011)
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref name=census2011 />
| demographics2_title1    = [[Afrikaans]]
| demographics2_info1     = 41.2%
| demographics2_title2    = [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]]
| demographics2_info2     = 29.3%
| demographics2_title3    = [[Sotho language|Sotho]]
| demographics2_info3     = 25.7%
| demographics2_title4    = [[English language|English]]
| demographics2_info4     = 1.3%
| demographics2_title5    = Other
| demographics2_info5     = 2.3%
<!-- blank fields (section 2) -->
<!-- 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             = 9970
| postal2_code_type       = [[Post-office box|PO box]]
| postal2_code            = 9970
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in South Africa|Area code]]
| area_code               = 051
| website                 = {{URL|http://www.philippolisinfo.co.za/historical.htm}}
}}

'''Philippolis''' is a town in the [[Free State (South African province)|Free State]] province of [[South Africa]]. The town is the birthplace of writer and intellectual [[Laurens van der Post|Sir Laurens van der Post]], actress [[Brümilda van Rensburg]] and [[Springboks]] rugby player [[Adriaan Strauss]]. It is regarded as one of the first colonial settlements in the Free State.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philippolisinfo.co.za/historical.htm|title=Philippolis 1822: The first settlement in the Free State|website=Philippolis|access-date=4 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809024237/http://philippolisinfo.co.za/historical.htm|archive-date=9 August 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>