Marquard

Marquard is a small farming town in the Free State province of that serves in the northwest. The town was set up in 1905 by an influential Dutch Reform minister, JJ Marquard, with the help of Christoffel Cornelis Froneman, the commandant of the Orange Free State.
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Marquard

Latitude
-28.66389° or 28° 39′ 50″ south
Longitude
27.43028° or 27° 25′ 49″ east
Population
18,600
Elevation
1,518 metres (4,980 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ZA MQD
Open location code
5G398CPJ+C4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 262709492
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
978677
Wiki­data ID
Q3643543
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Marquard” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Marquard
  • Asturian: Marquard
  • Cebuano: Marquard
  • Dutch: Marquard
  • Estonian: Marquard
  • Malagasy: Marquard
  • Pedi: Marquard
  • Romanian: Marquard
  • Turkish: Marquard
  • Zulu: IMarquard

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