Philippolis
Philippolis is a town in the Free State province of South Africa. The town is the birthplace of writer and intellectual Sir Laurens van der Post, actress Brümilda van Rensburg and Springboks rugby player Adriaan Strauss.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Philippolis
- Type: Town with 3,650 residents
- Description: place in Free State, South Africa
- Category: locality
- Location: Kopanong Local Municipality, Xhariep District Municipality, Free State, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-30.26524° or 30° 15′ 55″ southLongitude
25.2739° or 25° 16′ 26″ eastPopulation
3,650Elevation
1,378 metres (4,521 feet)Inception
1823Open location code
4GX7P7MF+WHOpenStreetMap ID
node 262721923OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Philippolis” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Philippolis”
- Asturian: “Philippolis”
- Bulgarian: “Пхилиполис”
- Catalan: “Philippolis”
- Cebuano: “Philippolis”
- Chinese: “菲利普波利斯”
- Danish: “Philippolis”
- Dutch: “Philippolis”
- Estonian: “Philippolis”
- French: “Philippolis”
- German: “Philippolis”
- Hebrew: “פיליפוליס”
- Italian: “Philippolis”
- Pedi: “Philippolis”
- Romanian: “Philippolis”
- Russian: “Филипполис”
- Swedish: “Philippolis”
- Turkish: “Philippolis”
- Zulu: “IPhilippolis”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Phillippolis Post Office and Transgariep Museum.
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