Koffiefontein
Sign in to saveKoffiefontein is a small farming town in the Free State province of South Africa. The name means coffee fountain in Afrikaans.
Key facts
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- Koffiefontein
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- Koffiefontein, South Africa - panoramio (12).jpg
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- South Africa Free State#South Africa
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- Country
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- South Africa
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- Province
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- Free State
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- District
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- Xhariep
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- Municipality
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- Letsemeng
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- Main Place
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- Established
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- 1892
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- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 36.85
- Settlement.population_total
- 10402
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
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- Second Anglo-Boer War
- Second World War
- Local industry
- Diamonds
- Places of interest
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Koffiefontein is a small farming town in the Free State province of South Africa. The name means coffee fountain in Afrikaans.
==History== In the 1800s, Koffiefontein was a stopover spot for transport riders traveling between the coast and the diamond fields and gold mines to the north. "Coffee fountain" is a reference to the strong coffee brew transport riders made during their stopover. "Coffee fountain" involved transport riders grinding their own coffee beans (often with a spoon) and using the water of a natural spring to boil for the brew. Upon the discovery of diamonds near the natural spring in 1870, a town quickly developed at the Koffiefontein stopover spot, as prospectors began to mine the area in search of high quality diamonds.
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