Bethulie
Sign in to saveBethulie is a small sheep and cattle farming town in the Free State province of South Africa. The name meaning chosen by God was given by directors of a mission station in 1829 which the town formed around. The mission building is the oldest settler built building still standing in the Free State. The town was also home to one of the largest concentration camps run by the British during the Boer War. The Dutch Reformed Church was built in 1862.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bethulie
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- Nederduitse Gereformeerde Church, Grey Street, Bethulie.JPG
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- Nederduitse Gereformeerde Church, Grey Street, Bethulie
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- South Africa Free State#South Africa#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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- Xhariep
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- Municipality
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- Kopanong
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- Main Place
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- Established
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- 1863
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- Municipality
- Settlement.leader_party
- ANC
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- Mayor
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Bethulie is a small sheep and cattle farming town in the Free State province of South Africa. The name meaning chosen by God was given by directors of a mission station in 1829 which the town formed around. The mission building is the oldest settler built building still standing in the Free State. The town was also home to one of the largest concentration camps run by the British during the Boer War. The Dutch Reformed Church was built in 1862.
==History== Evidence of life was found to be dated to 250 million years ago in the form of fossils.