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This is a list of cities and towns in Free State Province, South Africa. In the case of settlements that have had their official names changed the traditional name is listed first followed by the new name.
The Free State is also rich in mineral wealth, gold representing 20% of the world's total gold production. Mining is the province's major employer. The province has 12 gold mines, producing 30% of South Africa's output and making it the fifth-largest producer of gold in the world.
Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait (21 April 1752 – 8 November 1807) was a French engineer, hydrographer and politician, and Minister of the Navy. Career [ edit ] Born to a family of rich merchants, Forfait studied at a Jesuit college in Rouen , where he was awarded prizes in Mathematics and Hydrography upon graduation. [2]
The Free State province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, into one metropolitan municipality and four district municipalities. The district municipalities are in turn divided into eighteen local municipalities .
Hudson Volcano is a volcano in the rugged mountains of southern Chile. Lying in the Southern Volcanic Zone of the Andes, it was formed by the subduction of the oceanic Nazca Plate under the continental South American Plate. Hudson has the form of a 10-kilometre-wide (6-mile) volcanic caldera filled with ice.
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Michael Steven Grant of New York City wants to retire in a smaller-scale place with access to a larger city. Here’s why he likes Sitges on Spain’s Mediterranean coast.