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Vierfontein
Sign in to saveVierfontein is a settlement in Fezile Dabi District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa. Vierfontein is a coal-mining village, formerly associated to the Vierfontein Power Station, which was active from 1953 to 1990. When the power station was decommissioned, the village was sold to a property developer. The abandoned fuel station was used in the film "Orkney snork nie".
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- South Africa
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- Moqhaka Local Municipality
- Dialing code
- 018
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- 2615
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Vierfontein is a settlement in Fezile Dabi District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa. Vierfontein is a coal-mining village, formerly associated to the Vierfontein Power Station, which was active from 1953 to 1990. When the power station was decommissioned, the village was sold to a property developer. The abandoned fuel station was used in the film "Orkney snork nie".
Directly translated to English from Afrikaans, the name literally means "four fountains".Vierfontein – ‘n Dorpie met Karakter en Kultuur
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