Wepener
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Wepener is a small town in South Africa’s Free State province, situated near the Lesotho border and historically known as an agricultural and border settlement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wepener canonical | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | town ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | town within Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderFunction | gateway to Lesotho ⓘ |
| climate | temperate interior climate ⓘ |
| country | South Africa ⓘ |
| distanceToBorder | approximately 20 km ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1862 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
agricultural hinterland
ⓘ
rural character ⓘ |
| hasRoadConnection |
regional roads to Bloemfontein
ⓘ
routes to Maseru in Lesotho ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
agricultural service centre
ⓘ
border settlement ⓘ |
| landUse | surrounded by farmland ⓘ |
| languageMajority | Sesotho ⓘ |
| languageSignificant |
Afrikaans
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Free State province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Lesotho border ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Jammersbergspruit River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Louw Wepener NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyCountry | Lesotho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | South African interior plateau ⓘ |
| populationScale | small town ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
crop farming ⓘ livestock farming ⓘ |
| region | eastern Free State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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