| Welcome to South Africa.The Free State
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| | land. Many of the towns display a mix of
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| South Africa. The plains of South
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| | culture clearly evident in street names,
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| Africa's interior plateau between the
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| | public buildings, monuments and museums.
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| Vaal and Orange Rivers form the Free
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| | Dressed sandstone buildings abound on the
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| State Province.This tranquil land of the
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| | Eastern Highlands, while beautifully
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| ever-present windmill is the geographic
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| | decorated Sotho houses dot the
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| and agricultural centre of South Africa.
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| | grasslands. Some of South Africa's most
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| Of all the provinces, this one presents
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| | valued San (Bushman) rock art is found in
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| the classic scene of the sunny veld, the
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| | the Free State.The Free State climate in
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| high-lying, spacious grass-covered
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| | the summer-rainfall region is warm and
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| prairie land with deep-blue African
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| | temperate in the summer but can be
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| skies, majestic cloud formations in
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| | relatively cold during the winter months,
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| summer and a skyline broken by the
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| | especially towards the eastern
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| occasional flat-topped koppie (hill-like
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| | mountainous regions where temperatures
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| mountain).The Free State is fast becoming
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| | can drop as low as 9 :C. The western and
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| a tourist destination in its own right.
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| | southern areas are semi-desert.The
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| Famous for its warm South African
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| | southern Free State shares the true Karoo
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| hospitality, `boerekos (traditional
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| | semi-desert and its barren landscapes,
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| Afrikaner farm-style cuisine) and
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| | while the north is blessed by the liquid
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| decidedly slower-paced lifestyle, this
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| | gold of the Vaal River. The western Free
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| province has become a Mecca for
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| | State traverses savannah and substantial
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| holiday-makers intent on exploring
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| | mineral wealth, whilst the Eastern
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| small-town South Africa.Known, locally,
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| | highlands offer a wealth of scenic
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| as South Africa's 'bread basket', the
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| | splendor.City CentreThe provinces
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| Free State is cultivated by more than 30
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| | capital, Bloemfontein, has a
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| 000 farms to produce over 70% of South
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| | well-established institutional,
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| Africa's grain consumption. It is also
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| | educational and administrative
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| home to the most productive gold and
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| | infrastructure, and houses the Supreme
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| diamond mines in the world.The Free State
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| | Court of Appeal. The province has a
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| lies in the heart of South Africa, with
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| | well-known university and many other
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| the mountain Kingdom of Lesotho nestling
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| | training institutions.Eco-tourismThe Free
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| in the hollow of its bean-like shape.
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| | State Province boasts an extensive system
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| Between the Vaal River, in the north, and
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| | of parks and reserves, including one
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| the Orange River, in the south, this
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| | national park (Golden Gate) and more than
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| immense rolling prairie stretches as far
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| | 80 provincial, municipal, and privately
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| as the eye can see. Formerly known as the
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| | owned nature parks, nature reserves, game
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| Orange Free State, this province has had
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| | reserves, and game farms. Activities
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| its share of battles most importantly,
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| | include bird and game viewing, trophy and
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| perhaps, the Anglo Boer War. This was the
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| | biltong hunting, hiking, horse-riding,
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| last full-scale war to be fought on South
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| | biking, 4x4 off-road driving, camping and
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| African soil and was not only a turning
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| | climbing.Gerald Crawford: born in South
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| point in the history of the modern wars
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| | Africa, studied electronics,
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| of our time, but also the last of the
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| | telecommunication, eco-travel and african
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| gentlemens wars.The Free State is the
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| | travel concepts. He taught responsible
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| third-largest province in South Africa.
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| | tourism in South Africa and the United
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| However, it has the second-smallest
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| | Kingdom. If you have any questions or
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| population and the second-lowest
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| | comments please e-mail me on. E-mail
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| population density, housing some 2,8
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| | Address: gerald@12234455.co.
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| million people on about 129 480 km2 of
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