Wesselsbron

Wesselsbron is a small maize farming town 75 kilometres south of Bothaville in Free State province of South Africa.

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Settlement.name: Wesselsbron
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: Lejweleputswa
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Nala
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Main Place
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 1920
Settlement.leader_title: Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2: 14.1
Settlement.population_total: 26807
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Area: 14.1
Elevation: 1315
Dialing code: 057

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postal code: 9680

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Wesselsbron is a small maize farming town 75 kilometres south of Bothaville in Free State province of South Africa.

Town 32 km east of Hoopstad and 48 km north-west of Welkom. It was laid out in 1920 and became a municipality in 1936. Named after Commandant Cornelis J Wessels who was in command of the Siege of Kimberley from 13 October 1899 to 12 February 1900. Bron is Afrikaans for ‘source’, ‘spring’.