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773:197 km
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532:During the
512:Cape Colony
496:Drakensberg
461:Transgariep
439:is a small
401:Postal code
220:Established
159: /
996:Categories
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948:Petrusburg
903:Trompsburg
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841:Trompsburg
830:Free State
771:Queenstown
768:34 km
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709:Gariep Dam
684:35 km
682:Smithfield
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476:Smithfield
449:Free State
241:Population
190:Free State
966:Rouxville
933:Jacobsdal
925:Letsemeng
777:Lady Grey
721:Rouxville
539:A former
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488:Lady Grey
437:Rouxville
426:Area code
384:Time zone
333:Afrikaans
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958:Mohokare
943:Luckhoff
868:Edenburg
863:Bethulie
850:Kopanong
705:Bethulie
520:Zuurbult
514:and the
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403:(street)
291:Coloured
214:Mohokare
197:District
185:Province
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976:Uitkoms
858:Bethany
732:Zastron
506:History
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468:Zastron
366:English
202:Xhariep
173:Country
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144:30°25′S
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414:PO box
359:19.06%
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326:(2011)
302:Indian
273:61.57%
565:(PDF)
547:Notes
389:UTC+2
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355:Xhosa
344:Sotho
337:46.1%
318:2.31%
310:0.39%
306:Asian
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284:34.7%
280:White
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