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Potchefstroom

Potchefstroom is a town in South Africa, situated on the banks of the Mooi River (literally beautiful river), 120 km WSW of present-day Johannesburg.

The town, founded in 1838, served as the first capital of the Zuid Afrikaanse Republiek (ZAR) created by Dutch-speaking Boer settlers fleeing the oppression of British rule in the Cape colony.

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