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
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- History
- Second Boer War
- Local politics
- Notable people
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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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