Jagersfontein
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- Settlement.name
- Jagersfontein
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- South Africa Free State#South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Free State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Xhariep
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- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Kopanong
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- Main Place
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- Established
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- 1852
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.leader_party
- ANC
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- Mayor
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- xolani stalin-tseletsele
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 45.5
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- Area
- 45.5
- Elevation
- 1421
- Dialing code
- 051
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- inception
- 1852-01-01
- postal code
- 9974
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- Origin
- Mining
- Diamond rush
- Jagersfontein Mine
- Main Pit Operations
- Stockpile Dumps Reprocessing
- Tailings dam collapse
- Urban electrification
- See also
- References
Jagersfontein is a small town in the Free State province of South Africa.
==Origin== The original farm on which the town stands was once the property of a Griqua Jacobus Jagers, hence the name Jagersfontein. He sold the farm to C.F. Visser in 1854.
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