Vryheid

Vryheid (/Abaqulusi) is a coal mining and cattle ranching town in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Vryheid is the Afrikaans word for "freedom", while its original name of Abaqulusi reflects the abaQulusi clan based in the local area.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Vryheid
Settlement.image_skyline: Dutch Reformed Church, Vryheid, South Africa.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Dutch Reformed Church on Church Square.
Settlement.pushpin_map: South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: KwaZulu-Natal
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Zululand
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Abaqulusi
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Main Place
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 1884
Settlement.leader_title: Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2: 48.71
Settlement.population_total: 47365

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Elevation: 1170
Image: Kerkstr by Presidentstr, Vryheid.jpg
Dialing code: 034

Show 3 more facts

inception: 1884-01-01
postal code: 3100
Commons category: Vryheid

Sources (4)

via Wikidata · CC0

~5 min read

Article

10 sections

Contents

History
Education
Sport
Hanami Gi-Challenge
Religion
Heritage sites
Water shortages
Notable residents
References
External links

==History== thumb|upright|View of Church Street in Vryheid's Commercial District. After Boer farmers, who lived in the Vryheid area, had helped King Dinuzulu defeat his rival chief Zibhebhu for succession of the Zulu throne, land that they occupied was given to them by cession from the Zulu king along the banks of the Mfolozi River. On August 5, 1884, the Boers formed the Nieuwe Republiek (New Republic) with Vryheid as its capital and its sovereignty was recognized by Germany and Portugal colonizers. It was later incorporated into the South African Republic, but at the end of the Second Boer War the town and its surrounding area was absorbed into the Natal colony by the British. Vryheid is located along the Transnet Coalline.