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Fochville is a farming and mining town located in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is part of the Merafong City Local Municipality, which also includes Kokosi, Carletonville and Khutsong. The area surrounding Fochville contains Sotho or Tswana ruins. Tlokwe Ruins are the remains of Sotho-Tswana settlements on the hills surrounding Fochville that were inhabited until the 1820s. Boer War hero Danie Theron was killed 5 km north of the town. The town itself was established as an agricultural centre in 1920 and was named after the World War I commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in France, Marshal of France Ferdinand Foch.
Fochville is een plaats in de Zuid-Afrikaanse provincie Gauteng. Fochville telt ongeveer 10.000 inwoners en is een mijnstad, waar goud gewonnen wordt.
Fochville is 'n dorp in Gauteng, Suid-Afrika. Dit is geleë aan die R500-streeksroete net suid van die N12- nasionale pad, 40 km oos van Potchefstroom.
Fochville est une ville minière d'Afrique du Sud située dans l'ouest de la région historique du Transvaal. En 1994, elle fut intégrée dans la Province du Nord-Ouest avant d'être transférée à celle du Gauteng en 2009, en même temps que la municipalité de Merafong.
found a single match candidate
| locality (Q3257686) | place=locality |
| town (Q3957) | place=town |
| Populated places in the Merafong City Local Municipality | admin_level, landuse=residential, boundary=administrative, place |