Kroonstad
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Kroonstad ( in Afrikaans) is a town on the N1 highway in Free State, South Africa. It is the fourth largest town in the Free State (after Bloemfontein, Welkom and Bethlehem). It is the second-largest commercial and urban centre in the Northern Free State (after Welkom), and an important railway junction on the main line from Cape Town to Johannesburg.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kroonstad
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_caption
- Clockwise from top: Kroonstad NG Motherchurch & Sarel Cilliers monument, Town Hall, Alex Fairweather corner in the CBD
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- South Africa Free State#South Africa#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
- Moqhaka
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1854
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 89.1
- Settlement.population_total
- 168762
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Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 1399
- Image
- Nederduitse Gereformeerde Mother Church-Church Square - Kroonstad-001.jpg
- Dialing code
- 056
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- postal code
- 9500
- Commons category
- Kroonstad
- inception
- 1854-01-01
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Kroonstad ( in Afrikaans) is a town on the N1 highway in Free State, South Africa. It is the fourth largest town in the Free State (after Bloemfontein, Welkom and Bethlehem). It is the second-largest commercial and urban centre in the Northern Free State (after Welkom), and an important railway junction on the main line from Cape Town to Johannesburg.
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