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Bethlehem, South Africa
Bethlehem is a city in the eastern Free State province of South Africa that is situated on the Liebenbergs River (also called Liebenbergs Vlei) along a fertile valley just north of the Rooiberg Mountains on the N5 road. It is the fastest growing city in the Free State province, with its target of being the third largest city after Bloemfontein and Welkom.
It is a wheat growing area and named after the biblical Bethlehem, from Hebrew: בֵּית לֶחֶם ("Beit Lechem"), meaning "house of bread".
The city lies at an altitude of 1,700 metres (5,600 ft), which contributes to its cool climate, with frosty winters and mild summers. The average annual temperature is around 14 °C (57 °F).
Bethlehem is situated approximately 240 kilometres (150 mi) north-east of Bloemfontein, 140 kilometres (87 mi) east of Kroonstad and 90 kilometres (56 mi) north-west of Harrismith. The city is strategically situated in the heart of the picturesque north-eastern Free State and originally developed as a service centre.
Bethlehem is the seat of the Dihlabeng Local Municipality, which forms part of the Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality.
The townships historically associated with Bethlehem were established under apartheid-era spatial segregation frameworks, which strictly partitioned residential zones along racial lines.[citation needed]
The largest township, Bohlokong, was proclaimed as a residential area for Black African residents, predominantly of Basotho descent.[citation needed] In Sesotho, the name means "place of grass", named after the hloko or bohloko grass (Diheteropogon filifolius) found abundantly in the area. Demographic records indicate that Bohlokong remains overwhelmingly populated by Sesotho-speaking Black Africans.
Conversely, the township of Bakenpark was established under the Group Areas Act as a segregated enclave reserved specifically for Bethlehem's Coloured community.[citation needed] The name is of Afrikaans linguistic origin, combining the word baken (meaning a land surveyor's beacon, property landmark, or boundary stone utilized to mark out the town's expansion from the original farm Vogelfontein No. 69) with the suffix park (denoting a structured suburban settlement).[citation needed] While post-apartheid municipal growth and state-led housing developments have led to increased integration, Bakenpark historically held a distinct Coloured plurality and maintains a culturally diverse, multi-racial demographic profile today.
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Bethlehem, South Africa
Bethlehem is a city in the eastern Free State province of South Africa that is situated on the Liebenbergs River (also called Liebenbergs Vlei) along a fertile valley just north of the Rooiberg Mountains on the N5 road. It is the fastest growing city in the Free State province, with its target of being the third largest city after Bloemfontein and Welkom.
It is a wheat growing area and named after the biblical Bethlehem, from Hebrew: בֵּית לֶחֶם ("Beit Lechem"), meaning "house of bread".
The city lies at an altitude of 1,700 metres (5,600 ft), which contributes to its cool climate, with frosty winters and mild summers. The average annual temperature is around 14 °C (57 °F).
Bethlehem is situated approximately 240 kilometres (150 mi) north-east of Bloemfontein, 140 kilometres (87 mi) east of Kroonstad and 90 kilometres (56 mi) north-west of Harrismith. The city is strategically situated in the heart of the picturesque north-eastern Free State and originally developed as a service centre.
Bethlehem is the seat of the Dihlabeng Local Municipality, which forms part of the Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality.
The townships historically associated with Bethlehem were established under apartheid-era spatial segregation frameworks, which strictly partitioned residential zones along racial lines.[citation needed]
The largest township, Bohlokong, was proclaimed as a residential area for Black African residents, predominantly of Basotho descent.[citation needed] In Sesotho, the name means "place of grass", named after the hloko or bohloko grass (Diheteropogon filifolius) found abundantly in the area. Demographic records indicate that Bohlokong remains overwhelmingly populated by Sesotho-speaking Black Africans.
Conversely, the township of Bakenpark was established under the Group Areas Act as a segregated enclave reserved specifically for Bethlehem's Coloured community.[citation needed] The name is of Afrikaans linguistic origin, combining the word baken (meaning a land surveyor's beacon, property landmark, or boundary stone utilized to mark out the town's expansion from the original farm Vogelfontein No. 69) with the suffix park (denoting a structured suburban settlement).[citation needed] While post-apartheid municipal growth and state-led housing developments have led to increased integration, Bakenpark historically held a distinct Coloured plurality and maintains a culturally diverse, multi-racial demographic profile today.
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