What is Bloemfontein?
{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Bloemfontein |other_name = |native_name = |native_name_lang = st |nickname = The city of roses |settlement_type = City<!--For Town or Village (Leave blank for the default City)--> |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = BloemfonteinFS.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Bloemfontein skyline viewed from Signal Hill |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = Bloemfontein Coat of Arms.jpg |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = Sf-map.png |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|South Africa}} |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of South Africa|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Free State]] |subdivision_type2 = Metropolitan municipality |subdivision_name2 = [[Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality|Mangaung]] |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |established_title = Officially founded |established_date = 1846 <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 =