Winburg
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Winburg
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Dutch Reformed Church Winburg-001.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Dutch Reformed Church, Winburg
- 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
- Lejweleputswa
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Masilonyana
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1835
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 63.5
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1,430
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- Masilonyana Local Municipality
- Area
- 67.2
- Elevation
- 1438
- Shares border with
- Ventersburg
- Image
- Dutch Reformed Church Winburg-001.jpg
- Dialing code
- 051
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- Commons category
- Winburg
- inception
- 1835-01-01
- postal code
- 9420
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Second Boer War
- Local politics
- Notable people
- See also
- References
Winburg is a small mixed farming town in the Free State province of South Africa.
It is the oldest proclaimed town (1837) in the Orange Free State, South Africa and along with Griekwastad, is one of the oldest settlements in South Africa located north of the Orange River.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Winburg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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