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More information and photographs for this page will be posted shortly HOW TO GET THERE (GPS: 30 26S 24 28E) From Hanover follow the R389 to Philipstown. HISTORY Laid out on the farm Rietfontein in 1863 and became a municipality in 1876. ORIGINS OF THE NAME Named after Sir Philip Edmond Wodehouse (1811-1887) Governor of the Cape from 1861 to 1870. POPULATION PLACES OF INTEREST WHAT TO DO AND SEE ACCOMMODATION TOURISM OFFICE NEIGHBOURING TOWNS De Aar 60km Hanover 61km Colesberg 77km |
