Petrusburg (Q861704)

Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Petrusburg is a small mixed farming town in the Free State province of South Africa. It started out as a Dutch Reformed Church serving the farms in 1891. When it became a town, it was originally started on a farm close to "Emmaus", a railway station on the line between Bloemfontein and Kimberley. The original foundations are still there, but they ran out of water, and had to move to the present location where a strong fountain was available. So much so that the first houses had free running water from the fountain for irrigation. The town was named after Petrus Albertus Venter, whose farm, Diepfontein, provided the original land. It is situated on the N8 National Route between Bloemfontein (80 km east) and Kimberley (80 km west).

Summary from Nederlands / Dutch Wikipedia (nlwiki)

Petrusburg is een plaats met 8500 inwoners, in de Zuid-Afrikaanse provincie Vrijstaat.

Summary from Afrikaans / Afrikaans Wikipedia (afwiki)

Petrusburg is 'n klein landboudorp in die Vrystaat, in Suid-Afrika, tussen Bloemfontein en Kimberley. Die dorp is genoem na Petrus Albertus Venter. Sy boedel het die geld voorsien om die plaas Diepfontein te koop waarop die dorp uitgelê is. Die dorp en omliggende omgewing (Bolokanang) word bedien deur die Gekombineerde Skool AJC Jooste.

Wikidata location: -29.1167, 25.4167 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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node: Petrusburg (OSM), 312 m from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Petrusburg
is_in: Free State, South Africa
place: village
source: sagns
sagns_id: 115386
wikidata: Q861704
wikipedia: en:Petrusburg

wikidata match: Q861704

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