About: Boshof

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Boshof is a farming town in the west of the Free State province, South Africa. Town 55 km north-east of Kimberley. Established in March 1856 on the farm Vanwyksvlei, which had been named after a Griqua who sowed his crops on it from time to time. Named in honour of Jacobus Nicolaas Boshof (1808-1881), second President of the Orange Free State (1855–59) and founder of its civil service. Became a municipality in 1872.

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  • Boshof ist eine Stadt in der südafrikanischen Provinz Freistaat (Free State). Sie ist Verwaltungssitz der Gemeinde Tokologo im Distrikt Lejweleputswa. (de)
  • Boshof is a farming town in the west of the Free State province, South Africa. Town 55 km north-east of Kimberley. Established in March 1856 on the farm Vanwyksvlei, which had been named after a Griqua who sowed his crops on it from time to time. Named in honour of Jacobus Nicolaas Boshof (1808-1881), second President of the Orange Free State (1855–59) and founder of its civil service. Became a municipality in 1872. The local commando was involved in the siege of Kimberley, notably the disruption of the city’s water supply at Riverton. The Battle of Boshof, which resulted in the death of the Comte de Villebois-Mareuil, was fought nearby on 5 April 1900. (en)
  • Boshof est une petite ville agricole située dans l'ouest de la province de l'Etat Libre en Afrique du Sud. Baptisée en l'honneur de Jacobus Nicolaas Boshof deuxième Président de l'État libre d'Orange, elle est située à 55km au nord-est de Kimberley. La ville est connue pour la bataille de Boshof. (fr)
  • Boshof è un centro abitato del Sudafrica, situato nella provincia del Free State. (it)
  • Boshof is een klein dorp met 4000 inwoners, in de provincie Vrijstaat in Zuid-Afrika. Het dorp is gesticht in 1839 en is later vernoemd naar de tweede president van de Oranje Vrijstaat, Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff. Het dorp heeft veel bezienswaardigheden, waaronder een Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk uit 1874. (nl)
  • 博斯霍夫是南非的城鎮,位於該國中部,由自由邦省負責管轄,距離金伯利55公里,始建於1856年,面積91.93平方公里,2001年人口3,843,人口密度每平方公里42人。 (zh)
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  • Boshof (en)
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  • Established (en)
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  • Boshof gateway, Paradise Road, Newlands, Cape Town Adjoining historic Rondebosch lies Newlands, named so by Ryk Tulbagh when he built a new country residence for the Governor and ploughed up “new lands” there. In 1666 the land that lay in the fork formed by the “old wagon road to the forest” and the main Type of site: Gateway, House . (en)
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  • Boshof gateway 1.JPG (en)
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  • Boshof (en)
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  • South Africa Free State#South Africa (en)
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  • Boshof ist eine Stadt in der südafrikanischen Provinz Freistaat (Free State). Sie ist Verwaltungssitz der Gemeinde Tokologo im Distrikt Lejweleputswa. (de)
  • Boshof est une petite ville agricole située dans l'ouest de la province de l'Etat Libre en Afrique du Sud. Baptisée en l'honneur de Jacobus Nicolaas Boshof deuxième Président de l'État libre d'Orange, elle est située à 55km au nord-est de Kimberley. La ville est connue pour la bataille de Boshof. (fr)
  • Boshof è un centro abitato del Sudafrica, situato nella provincia del Free State. (it)
  • Boshof is een klein dorp met 4000 inwoners, in de provincie Vrijstaat in Zuid-Afrika. Het dorp is gesticht in 1839 en is later vernoemd naar de tweede president van de Oranje Vrijstaat, Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff. Het dorp heeft veel bezienswaardigheden, waaronder een Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk uit 1874. (nl)
  • 博斯霍夫是南非的城鎮,位於該國中部,由自由邦省負責管轄,距離金伯利55公里,始建於1856年,面積91.93平方公里,2001年人口3,843,人口密度每平方公里42人。 (zh)
  • Boshof is a farming town in the west of the Free State province, South Africa. Town 55 km north-east of Kimberley. Established in March 1856 on the farm Vanwyksvlei, which had been named after a Griqua who sowed his crops on it from time to time. Named in honour of Jacobus Nicolaas Boshof (1808-1881), second President of the Orange Free State (1855–59) and founder of its civil service. Became a municipality in 1872. (en)
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  • Boshof (en)
  • Boshof (Südafrika) (de)
  • Boshof (it)
  • Boshof (fr)
  • Boshof (nl)
  • 博斯霍夫 (zh)
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  • Boshof (en)
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