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  2. Bloemfontein - Wikipedia

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    Bloemfontein is located in central South Africa on the southern edge of the Highveld at an elevation of 1,400 metres (4,600 ft), bordering on the semi-arid region of the Karoo. The area is generally flat with occasional hills ("koppies" in Afrikaans), and the general vegetation is Highveld grassland.

  3. Old Presidency - Wikipedia

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    Old Presidency. The Old Presidency or Ou Presidensie (Afrikaans) is a museum, art gallery and theatre in the city of Bloemfontein, South Africa, located on President Brand Street in the heart of the city. The former residence of the President of the Republic of the Orange Free State from 1886 until 1899 when the city fell to the British Empire ...

  4. List of South African television series - Wikipedia

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    Dubbed in Afrikaans. 13 episodes. Limekiln-Templar Productions. Universal Television. Dubbed from the American series Street Hawk, about a police officer who fights crime on his all-terrain attack motorcycle. Die Strate van San Francisco. Dubbed in Afrikaans. 5 seasons, 121 episodes. QM Productions.

  5. Free State National Botanical Garden - Wikipedia

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    Walkway in the Free State National Botanical Garden. The Free State National Botanical Garden, located just outside Bloemfontein covers 70 hectares, and is home to about 400 species of plants, largely native to Free State and Northern Cape Provinces and Lesotho.

  6. Bloemfontein City Hall - Wikipedia

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    Architect (s) Gordon Leith. Bloemfontein City Hall (Afrikaans: Stadhuis van Bloemfontein or Bloemfontein-stadsaal) is a historic building in Bloemfontein which houses the local city council. The building was completed in 1936 and burned by protestors in 2017.

  7. National Afrikaans Literary Museum and Research Centre

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    The document archive developed into the Literary Museum of Bloemfontein. On October 9, 1972, the lawyer Gabriel Francois van Lingen Froneman, the Administrator of Free State, announced the establishment of the NALN. On March 24, 1973, the NALN was officially opened by Johannes Petrus van der Spuy, at the time Minister of National Education.

  8. Mangaung African Cultural Festival - Wikipedia

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    Mangaung African Cultural Festival. The Mangaung African Cultural Festival (MACUFE) is an annual showcase of African arts, culture and various sports disciplines that takes place in Bloemfontein, South Africa. It is one of the largest emerging festivals in Africa; it grew from having an audience of 30 000 in 1997 to 140 000 in 2015. [1]

  9. Boroughs of New York City - Wikipedia

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    The boroughs of New York City are the five major governmental districts that compose New York City. The boroughs are the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. Each borough is coextensive with a respective county of the State of New York: The Bronx is Bronx County, Brooklyn is Kings County, Manhattan is New York County, Queens ...