Winburg, Orange Free State

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Winburg, Orange Free State was a 19th-century town in the former Boer republic of the Orange Free State, in what is now central South Africa.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement
town
agriculturalProduct maize
wool
continent Africa
country Orange Free State
currentStatus town in Free State province, South Africa
foundedBy Boer settlers
governmentType municipality
hasArchitectureStyle 19th-century Boer architecture
hasBuildingType Dutch Reformed Church building
hasClimate semi-arid climate
hasDemographics rural population
hasEconomyType agricultural economy
hasEthnicGroup Afrikaners
Basotho
Sotho-Tswana peoples
hasLanguage Afrikaans
Dutch
English
hasReligion Calvinism
Dutch Reformed Church
hasRoadConnection routes to Bloemfontein
routes to Pretoria
historicalPeriod 19th century
historicalStatus town in a Boer republic
legalSystem Roman-Dutch law
locatedIn Orange Free State
South Africa
Southern Africa
central South Africa
locatedInPresentDay Free State province
Republic of South Africa
namedAfter victory (Dutch: "win")
partOf Boer republics
Orange Free State Republic
Orange River Sovereignty (historical region)
partOfConflict Boer–Basotho conflicts
Second Boer War
primaryActivity crop farming
livestock farming
regionType inland plateau
timeZone UTC+02:00
transportMode ox-wagon routes
underControlOf British Empire
Orange Free State government
usedBy Boers
usedCalendar Gregorian calendar
usedCurrency Orange Free State pound

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey ("Winburg district, Orange Free State")
Koos de la Rey ("Winburg, Orange River Sovereignty")
placeOfBirth
Koos de la Rey
birthPlace

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