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Country
  
South Africa

District
  
Fezile Dabi

Established
  
1918

Area
  
4.6 km²

Local time
  
Monday 7:09 AM

Province
  
Free State

Municipality
  
Mafube

Elevation
  
1,600 m (5,200 ft)

Population
  
6,465 (2011)

Area code
  
058

Tweeling

Weather
  
12°C, Wind NW at 14 km/h, 91% Humidity

Tweeling (meaning twin in Dutch and Afrikaans) is a small town situated 22 km from Frankfort in the Free State province of South Africa. The adjacent black township is named Mafahlaneng, or "place of twins". This region of the highveld is colloquially known as the Riemland, recalling a time when it was a favoured hunting ground of the early pioneers.

Map of Tweeling, South Africa

The town was established in 1920 on the two farms Tweelingspruit and Tweelingkop, their names derived from two similar looking hills just outside the town. It is situated just east of the Liebenbergsvlei River which is a conduit for water from the Lesotho Highlands Water Project.

References

Tweeling Wikipedia