Villiers, Free State (Q3643597)

matcher place: Free State (relation 92417)
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English Wikipedia categories: 1891 establishments in South Africa, Populated places established in 1891, Populated places founded by Afrikaners, Populated places in the Mafube Local Municipality

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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Villiers is a small town situated on the banks of the Vaal River next to the N3 highway in the Free State province of South Africa. It was founded in 1882 on the two farms Pearson Valley and Grootdraai owned by Lourens de Villiers.

Summary from Afrikaans / Afrikaans Wikipedia (afwiki)

Vir die nedersetting in die Wes-Kaap, sien Villiersdorp.

Die dorpie Villiers aan die Vaalrivier in die Oos-Vrystaat is in 1891 op die plase Grootdraai en Pearson Valley gestig. Munisipale status het eers in 1917 gevolg. Villiers is na Louis de Villiers genoem, aan wie die plase behoort het.

Wikidata location: -27.0333, 28.6000 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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node: Villiers (OSM), 461 m from Wikidata [show tags]

name: Villiers
is_in: Free State, South Africa
place: town
source: sagns
sagns_id: 62856
wikidata: Q3643597
wikipedia: en:Villiers, Free State
start_date: 1891

wikidata match: Q3643597

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

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Populated places established in 1891	boundary=administrative, landuse=residential, place, admin_level
Populated places founded by Afrikaners	boundary=administrative, landuse=residential, place, admin_level
Populated places in the Mafube Local Municipality	boundary=administrative, landuse=residential, place, admin_level