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Tweespruit

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Country
  
South Africa

District
  
Thabo Mofutsanyane

Postal code (street)
  
9770

Area
  
5.1 km²

Local time
  
Monday 7:12 AM

Province
  
Free State

Municipality
  
Mantsopa

PO box
  
9770

Area code
  
051

Population
  
5,791 (2011)

Tweespruit

Weather
  
11°C, Wind N at 10 km/h, 79% Humidity

Tweespruit is a small dairy farming town in the Free State province of South Africa. The town lies 27km east of Thaba Nchu and 47km north of Hobhouse.

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Map of Tweespruit, South Africa

Afrikaans for "two creeks", the name refers to the town’s location at the confluence of two small rivers.

The town started as an experimental farm set up on an old British Boer War settlement which was between two creeks, hence the name.

Notable people from Tweespruit

  • Father Frans Claerhout, artist and priest at Tweespruit mission station.
  • Michael Anthony (Pez) Parsonson, SAAF fighter pilot.
  • References

    Tweespruit Wikipedia