Dewetsdorp
| Dewetsdorp | |||
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| Coordinates | 29 ° 35 ′ S , 26 ° 40 ′ E | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
| free State | |||
| metropolis | Mangaung | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-FS | ||
| height | 1539 m | ||
| Residents | 9498 (2011) | ||
| founding | 1876 | ||
Dewetsdorp [ dɘˈveːt͡sˌdɔrp ] is a place in the South African province of Free State . He belongs to the metropolitan municipality of Mangaung . By 2016, he was the administrative center of the municipality of Naledi in the district Xhariep .
geography
In 2011 Dewetsdorp had 9,498 residents, including residents of the eastern township of Morojaneng. After Bloemfontein in the northwest, there are about 70 kilometers, the western tip of Lesotho heading east around 40 kilometers.
history
The place was founded in 1876 by the ensign Jacobus Ignatius de Wet on the site of the Kareefontein farm and initially bore its name. An application for recognition from the Volksraad was rejected in 1876. It was not until 1879 that the Volksraad recognized the new foundation and named it Dewetsdorp, after the founder. The place received the status of a municipality in 1890. Jacobus de Wet's son Christiaan De Wet played a leading role as general of the Boers in the Second Boer War . In 1900 he and his troops defeated the British garrison in Dewetsdorp.
In 1927 the town hall was blown up by a city employee who wanted to cover up his embezzlement of public funds. The new building, which was built in 1928, was designated as “national heritage” in 1995.
Economy and Transport
The main line of business is agriculture with the keeping of sheep and cattle as well as the cultivation of corn and wheat.
Dewetsdorp is located on the R702 regional road between Bloemfontein and Wepener . The R717 leads west from Dewetsdorp to the national road N6 and on to Trompsburg . Dewetsdorp has a train station on the railway line from Sannaspos (east of Bloemfontein) to Aliwal North .
Personalities
- Christiaan de Wet (1854–1922), Boer general, died in Dewetsdorp
Web links
- Portrait at places.co.za (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census , accessed June 26, 2014
- ↑ Scanned newspaper article at trove.nla.gov.au (English), accessed on June 26, 2014
- ↑ Portrait at places.co.za (English), accessed on June 26, 2014