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Wesselsbron is a small maize farming town 75 kilometres south of Bothaville in Free State province of South Africa.

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Wesselsbron
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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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Lejweleputswa
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Municipality
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Nala
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Main Place
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Established
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1920
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Councillor
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14.1
Settlement.population_total
26807
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2011
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auto

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Wesselsbron is a small maize farming town 75 kilometres south of Bothaville in Free State province of South Africa.

Town 32 km east of Hoopstad and 48 km north-west of Welkom. It was laid out in 1920 and became a municipality in 1936. Named after Commandant Cornelis J Wessels who was in command of the Siege of Kimberley from 13 October 1899 to 12 February 1900. Bron is Afrikaans for ‘source’, ‘spring’.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wesselsbron” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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