Philippolis
Sign in to savePhilippolis is a town in the Free State province of South Africa. The town is the birthplace of writer and intellectual Sir Laurens van der Post, actress Brümilda van Rensburg and Springboks rugby player Adriaan Strauss. It is regarded as one of the first colonial settlements in the Free State.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Philippolis
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Dorpsbeeld Philippolis.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Philippolis
- Settlement.map_caption
- Philipolis in the Free State
- 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
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Kopanong
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1823
- Settlement.government_type
- Ward 4
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillor
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- Kopanong Local Municipality
- Elevation
- 1378
- Shares border with
- Jagersfontein
- Image
- Dorpsbeeld Philippolis.JPG
- Dialing code
- 051
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- inception
- 1823-01-01
- Commons category
- Philippolis
- postal code
- 9970
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
On the map
3 mapped locations