IP Location Lookup Tool

Discover detailed information about any IP address with the IP Location Lookup Tool. Access geolocation, network, security, user agent, timezone, and abuse contact details.

flag Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa
Threat 0

IP address

196.255.85.212

Geolocation Info

IP

196.255.85.212

City

Bloemfontein

District / County

Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality

State Code

N/A

State / Province

Orange Free State

Country Name

South Africa

Country Name Official

Republic of South Africa

Country Capital

Pretoria

Country Code (ISO-2)

ZA

Country Code (ISO-3)

ZAF

Country Flag

Flag link

Coordinates

-29.11292, 26.21494

Continent Name

Africa

Continent Code

AF

Geoname ID

9960386

ZipCode

9301

Is EU?

false

Country Emoji

🇿🇦

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ASN Info

AS Number

AS37501

Organization

University of the Free State

Country

ZA
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Regional Overview

Calling Code

+27

Languages

zu, xh, af, nso, en-ZA, tn, st, ts, ss, ve, nr

Country TLD

.za

Currency Info

Currency Code

ZAR

Currency Name

Rand

Currency Symbol

R

Exchange Rate

ZAR

TimeZone Info

Name

Africa/Johannesburg

Offset

2.0

Offset With DST

2.0

Current Time

2026-07-18 06:55:44.643+0200

Current Time Unix

1.784350544643E9

Current TZ Abbreviation

SAST

Current TZ Full Name

South Africa Standard Time

Standard TZ Abbreviation

SAST

Standard TZ Full Name

South Africa Standard Time

DST TZ Abbreviation

N/A

DST TZ Full Name

N/A

Is DST

false

DST Savings

0

DST Exists

false

Powered by Time Zone data
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{
  "ip" : "196.255.85.212",
  "hostname" : "196.255.85.212",
  "location" : {
    "district" : "Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality",
    "city" : "Bloemfontein",
    "locality" : "Bloemfontein",
    "zipcode" : "9301",
    "latitude" : "-29.11292",
    "longitude" : "26.21494",
    "continent_code" : "AF",
    "continent_name" : "Africa",
    "country_code2" : "ZA",
    "country_code3" : "ZAF",
    "country_name" : "South Africa",
    "country_name_official" : "Republic of South Africa",
    "country_capital" : "Pretoria",
    "state_prov" : "Orange Free State",
    "state_code" : "",
    "accuracy_radius" : "9.614",
    "confidence" : "high",
    "dma_code" : "",
    "is_eu" : false,
    "country_flag" : "https://ipgeolocation.io/static/flags/za_64.png",
    "geoname_id" : "9960386",
    "country_emoji" : "🇿🇦"
  },
  "country_metadata" : {
    "tld" : ".za",
    "languages" : [ "zu", "xh", "af", "nso", "en-ZA", "tn", "st", "ts", "ss", "ve", "nr" ],
    "calling_code" : "+27"
  },
  "network" : {
    "route" : "196.255.0.0/16",
    "connection_type" : "",
    "is_anycast" : false
  },
  "currency" : {
    "code" : "ZAR",
    "name" : "Rand",
    "symbol" : "R"
  },
  "asn" : {
    "organization" : "University of the Free State",
    "country" : "ZA",
    "type" : "UNIVERSITY",
    "domain" : "",
    "rir" : "AFRINIC",
    "as_number" : "AS37501",
    "date_allocated" : ""
  },
  "company" : {
    "name" : "University of the Free State",
    "type" : "EDUCATION",
    "domain" : "ufs.ac.za"
  },
  "security" : {
    "threat_score" : 0,
    "is_tor" : false,
    "is_proxy" : false,
    "proxy_provider_names" : [ ],
    "proxy_confidence_score" : 0,
    "proxy_last_seen" : "",
    "is_residential_proxy" : false,
    "is_vpn" : false,
    "vpn_provider_names" : [ ],
    "vpn_confidence_score" : 0,
    "vpn_last_seen" : "",
    "is_relay" : false,
    "relay_provider_name" : "",
    "is_anonymous" : false,
    "is_known_attacker" : false,
    "is_spam" : false,
    "is_bot" : false,
    "is_cloud_provider" : false,
    "cloud_provider_name" : ""
  },
  "abuse" : {
    "route" : "196.254.0.0/15",
    "country" : "ZA",
    "name" : "Louis Marais",
    "organization" : "",
    "kind" : "individual",
    "address" : "University of the Free State, 205 Nelson Mandela Drive, Bloemfontein, 9301, ZA, Bloemfontein 9301, South Africa",
    "emails" : [ "maraisl@ufs.ac.za" ],
    "phone_numbers" : [ "+27514012752", " +27514012765" ]
  },
  "time_zone" : {
    "name" : "Africa/Johannesburg",
    "offset" : 2.0,
    "offset_with_dst" : 2.0,
    "current_time" : "2026-07-18 06:55:44.643+0200",
    "current_time_unix" : 1.784350544643E9,
    "current_tz_abbreviation" : "SAST",
    "current_tz_full_name" : "South Africa Standard Time",
    "standard_tz_abbreviation" : "SAST",
    "standard_tz_full_name" : "South Africa Standard Time",
    "is_dst" : false,
    "dst_savings" : 0,
    "dst_exists" : false,
    "dst_tz_abbreviation" : "",
    "dst_tz_full_name" : "",
    "dst_start" : { },
    "dst_end" : { }
  },
  "user_agent" : {
    "user_agent_string" : "Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)",
    "name" : "ClaudeBot",
    "type" : "Robot",
    "version" : "1.0",
    "version_major" : "1",
    "device" : {
      "name" : "Anthropic ClaudeBot",
      "type" : "Robot",
      "brand" : "Anthropic",
      "cpu" : "Unknown"
    },
    "engine" : {
      "name" : "ClaudeBot",
      "type" : "Robot",
      "version" : "1.0",
      "version_major" : "1"
    },
    "operating_system" : {
      "name" : "Cloud",
      "type" : "Cloud",
      "version" : "??",
      "build" : "??",
      "version_major" : "??"
    }
  }
}

            

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Frequently Asked Questions

The latest lookup maps 196.255.85.212 to Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa. Geolocation is approximate and should be treated as city/region level guidance.
This page currently shows ASN AS37501 and company University of the Free State. ASN and company attribution can change as routing and ownership records are updated.
The reported connection type for 196.255.85.212 is not published. This value helps with traffic analytics, abuse prevention, and policy routing decisions.
The current timezone record for 196.255.85.212 is Africa/Johannesburg. Teams commonly use this signal to localize timestamps, notifications, and fraud models.
IP intelligence is dynamic. Routing, ASN ownership, company names, and security posture can change over time, so this page should be treated as a point-in-time lookup for 196.255.85.212.
Use the JSON response on this page for testing, then move to production API workflows with structured fields for geolocation, network, ASN, security, abuse, and timezone data. Read documentation.