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.- Town with about 3,650 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,380 metres (4,520 feet)
- …dates from 1823
- Description: place in Free State, South Africa
- Category: locality
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Latitude
-30.26524° or 30° 15′ 55″ south
Longitude
25.2739° or 25° 16′ 26″ east
Open location code
4GX7P7MF+WH
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OpenStreetMap feature
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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”
- Persian: “فیلیپولیس”
- Romanian: “Philippolis”
- Russian: “Филипполис”
- Swedish: “Philippolis”
- Turkish: “Philippolis”
- Urdu: “فیلیپولس”
- Zulu: “IPhilippolis”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Phillippolis Post Office and Transgariep Museum.
Free State: Highlights
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