South Africa · Wine of Origin geographical unit
Free State
Wine region
Free State is a Wine of Origin geographical unit in South Africa.
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Key facts Type Wine of Origin geographical unit Area 12,982,525 ha outline of the administrative units Centre 28.6804° S, 26.6283° E Legal basis Wine of Origin Scheme (Liquor Products Act 60 of 1989); areas published in the Government Gazette and administered by SAWIS. Outline: Built from the administrative units that the legal definition names.
Where it is Nearest town 17 km east of Winnie Mandela Nearest city 31 km south-west of Theunissen 34,718 people To the sea 427 km Same latitude General Lamadrid (Argentina), Granite Belt (Australia), Valle del Huasco (Chile), Vales da Uva Goethe (Brazil)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 1,080–3,214 m Mean elevation 1,454 m Measured over the whole outline on 113,888 elevation cells of about 1,073 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.
Sources geoBoundaries ZAF ADM1 (2020) (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO))
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