Philippolis (Q2678218)

matcher place: Free State (relation 92417)
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English Wikipedia categories: 1823 establishments in South Africa, Karoo, Populated places established in 1823, Populated places in the Kopanong Local Municipality

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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Philippolis is a town in the Free State province of South Africa. The town is the birthplace of writer and intellectual Sir Laurens van der Post, actress Brümilda van Rensburg and Springboks rugby player Adriaan Strauss. It is regarded as one of the first colonial settlements in the Free State.

Summary from Nederlands / Dutch Wikipedia (nlwiki)

Philippolis is een kleine stad met 1000 inwoners, in het zuiden van de Zuid-Afrikaanse provincie Vrijstaat. Zij geniet enige bekendheid als oudste plaats van de Oranje Vrijstaat en als geboorteplaats van de schrijver Laurens van der Post.

Summary from Afrikaans / Afrikaans Wikipedia (afwiki)

Philippolis is die oudste nedersetting in die Vrystaat, Suid-Afrika.

Wikidata location: -30.2667, 25.2833 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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node: Philippolis (OSM), 1.07 km from Wikidata [show tags]

name: Philippolis
is_in: Free State, South Africa
place: town
source: sagns
sagns_id: 115485
wikidata: Q2678218
wikipedia: en:Philippolis
population: 3648
start_date: 1823
population:date: 2011
source:population: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippolis#cite_note-census2011-2
wikimedia_commons: Category:Philippolis

wikidata match: Q2678218

Search criteria from Wikidata

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locality (Q3257686)	place=locality
town (Q3957)	place=town

Search criteria from categories

Populated places established in 1823	admin_level, landuse=residential, boundary=administrative, place
Populated places in the Kopanong Local Municipality	admin_level, landuse=residential, boundary=administrative, place