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Koppies
Sign in to saveKoppies is a small town (railway station) situated near the Renoster River in the Free State province of South Africa.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Koppies
- Settlement.other_name
- Kopjes
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Koppies Entrance.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Koppies entrance
- 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
- Fezile Dabi
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Ngwathe
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 7.5
- Settlement.population_total
- 13803
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- Ngwathe Local Municipality
- Elevation
- 1413
- Image
- Koppies Entrance.jpg
- Dialing code
- 9540
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- inception
- 1876-01-01
- postal code
- 9540
- Commons category
- Koppies
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- Geography
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Koppies is a small town (railway station) situated near the Renoster River in the Free State province of South Africa.
==Geography== The town is situated 63 km north-east of Kroonstad, 48 km west of Heilbron and 42 km south-south-east of Parys. It was laid out as a township in 1910 and became a municipality in 1926. Formerly Kopjes, meaning 'hills', the name is derived from that of the farm on which it was laid out, Honingkopjes, Dutch for 'honey hills'.
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