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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Thapelang

Van Stadensrus is a settlement in Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa.

The settlement is some 30 km south of Wepener and 35 km north-north-west of Zastron. It was laid out on the farm Mook in 1920 and proclaimed in 1925. Named after its founder, M H van Staden, who purchased the farm in 1908 and built the Egmeni or Egmont Dam nearby.

References

  1. ^ Stadensrus.php?town=Van Stadensrus Free State Tourism.org
  2. ^ Sum of the Main Places Thapelang and Van Stadensrus from Census 2011.
  3. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 454.