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Bethlehem. Type: Town with 83,700 residents. Description: town in Dihlabeng Local Municipality, South Africa. Category: locality. Location: Dihlabeng Local Municipality, Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality, Free State, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa. View on OpenStreetMap.
Bethlehem, town, northeastern Free State province, South Africa, located near the northernmost point of Lesotho, at an elevation of 5,368 feet (1,636 meters). Founded in 1860, it was named Bethlehem (“House of Bread”), after its Biblical counterpart, because wheat thrived in the region.
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9700. Area code. 058. 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 ...
Bethlehem detail and street level map showing the suburbs of Bethlehem, location of the Bethlehem Airfield and Bethlehem Country Club. For additional information about this important farming and commercial centre, also notable for wool and cattle farming, please visit Bethlehem Information.
Bethlehem is situated in the eastern Free State Province of South Africa and is a significant farming and commercial centre as well as being at the northern end of the mountain route. It is a tourist center for Golden Gate National Park as well as for the Drakensberg .
The town is located approximately 270 kilometers east of Johannesburg and is the closest major town to the Golden Gate Highlands National Park, a popular tourist destination known for its rugged sandstone cliffs, bushveld, and grasslands. Other nearby towns include Harrismith and Phuthaditjhaba.
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