Jagersfontein
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Jagersfontein
- 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
- Xhariep
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- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Kopanong
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1852
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.leader_party
- ANC
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- xolani stalin-tseletsele
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 45.5
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Origin
- Mining
- Diamond rush
- Jagersfontein Mine
- Main Pit Operations
- Stockpile Dumps Reprocessing
- Tailings dam collapse
- Urban electrification
- See also
- References
Jagersfontein is a small town in the Free State province of South Africa.
==Origin== The original farm on which the town stands was once the property of a Griqua Jacobus Jagers, hence the name Jagersfontein. He sold the farm to C.F. Visser in 1854.
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