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Tweespruit
Free Statetown
Air quality index
Demographic figures from Statistics South Africa. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Tweespruit is a small dairy farming town in the Free State province of South Africa. The town lies 27 km east of Thaba Nchu and 47 km north of Hobhouse.
Read more on WikipediaHistory & geography
History
Afrikaans for "two creeks", the name refers to the town’s location at the confluence of two small rivers. The town started as an experimental farm set up on an old British Boer War settlement which was between two creeks, hence the name.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves30
- Black-shouldered KiteElanus caeruleus (Desfontaines, 1789) · Aves27
- Southern Masked-WeaverPloceus velatus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves24
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves24
- African Pied StarlingLamprotornis bicolor (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves24
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala Children & Vigors, 1826 · Aves22
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves22
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash (Latham, 1790) · Aves22
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.4 — 2017-09-1558 km S of Bloemfontein, South Africa
- M 4.3 — 2016-09-054 km SSW of Nako, Lesotho
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Free State
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Tweespruit, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Open-Meteo (ERA5 reanalysis)
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
