Koppies

Koppies is a small town (railway station) situated near the Renoster River in the Free State province of South Africa.

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Settlement.name: Koppies
Settlement.other_name: Kopjes
Settlement.image_skyline: Koppies Entrance.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Koppies entrance
Settlement.pushpin_map: 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: Fezile Dabi
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Ngwathe
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Main Place
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.leader_title: Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2: 7.5
Settlement.population_total: 13803

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Elevation: 1413
Image: Koppies Entrance.jpg
Dialing code: 9540

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inception: 1876-01-01
postal code: 9540
Commons category: Koppies

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Koppies is a small town (railway station) situated near the Renoster River in the Free State province of South Africa.

==Geography== The town is situated 63 km north-east of Kroonstad, 48 km west of Heilbron and 42 km south-south-east of Parys. It was laid out as a township in 1910 and became a municipality in 1926. Formerly Kopjes, meaning 'hills', the name is derived from that of the farm on which it was laid out, Honingkopjes, Dutch for 'honey hills'.