Vrede

Vrede is a town in the Free State province of South Africa that is the agricultural hub of a 100 km² region. Maize, wheat, mutton, wool, beef, dairy products and poultry are farmed in the region.

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Settlement.name: Vrede
Settlement.image_skyline: Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk - Vrede.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: NG church in Vrede
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: Thabo Mofutsanyane
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Phumelela
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Main Place
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 1876
Settlement.leader_party: DA
Settlement.leader_title: Councillor
Settlement.leader_name: Doreen Wessels

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Elevation: 1675
Image: Standard Bank (Vrede).jpg
Dialing code: 058

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inception: 1876-01-01
postal code: 9835
Commons category: Vrede

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Vrede is a town in the Free State province of South Africa that is the agricultural hub of a 100 km² region. Maize, wheat, mutton, wool, beef, dairy products and poultry are farmed in the region.

==History== Archeological and records conducted by Tim Maggs in 1976 provides evidence of the early Basotho settlement near Ntsoana-tsatsi. The distinctive corbelled house parttens called "N" for Ntsoana-tsatsi dates between 1600 and 1800 AD and was called "Mohlongwa-fatshe.