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Kroonstad is a quaint town that serves as a good stop over en route between Johannesburg and Bloemfontein, lying as it does at virtually the halfway mark. Kroonstad offers an array of activities that include flea markets , a tea garden, fishing on the Vals River or at the Bloemhoek Dam, walking trails and lion tours and lion and tiger ...
The seat is Kroonstad. [5] Moqhaka is the Sesotho word for "crown". [6] Main places. The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places: [7]
The Voorspoed mine is one of the largest diamond mines in South Africa and in the world. [1] The mine is located in the center of the country in Kroonstad, Free State. [1] The mine has estimated reserves of 10 million carats of diamonds and an annual production capacity of 800,000 carats.
Kroonstad Airport (ICAO: FAKS) is an airport serving Kroonstad in the Free State province of South Africa. [1] [2] Facilities. The airport resides at an elevation of ...
In 1969, the Directorate of Engineers was established at Kroonstad, but in 1972 it was moved to SA Army Headquarters, Pretoria where it was developed to what it is today. In 1968, the 35 Field Park Squadron was established as a Regular Force Unit and in 1974 was renamed 35 Engineer Support Unit and stationed at Kroonstad.
The town of Kroonstad was, according to folklore, named after a horse belonging to Cilliers, which drowned in a stream (Kroonspruit) where the town is situated. There is a Sarel Cilliers Museum as well as a statue of him (on the site of the Dutch Reformed Church) in Kroonstad.
The R82 is a provincial route in South Africa that connects Johannesburg with Kroonstad via Vereeniging and Sasolburg.It starts just south of the M1 Johannesburg Municipal Highway's interchange with the N12 Southern Bypass (Uncle Charlie's Interchange), going south, meeting the R59, R54, R42 & R28 routes at Vereeniging before crossing the Vaal River into the Free State & proceeding to Kroonstad.
Kroonstad railway station is the railway station in the city of Kroonstad in the Free State province of South Africa. This page was last ...