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Fochville is a farming and mining town located in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is part of the Merafong City Local Municipality, which also includes Kokosi, Carletonville and Khutsong.The area surrounding Fochville contains Sotho or Tswana ruins. Tlokwe Ruins are the remains of Sotho-Tswana settlements on the hills surrounding Fochville that were inhabited until the 1820s. Boer War hero Danie Theron was killed 5 km north of the town. The town itself was established as an agricultural centre in 1920 and was named after the World War I commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in France, Marshal of France Ferdinand Foch.

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  • Fochville is a farming and mining town located in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is part of the Merafong City Local Municipality, which also includes Kokosi, Carletonville and Khutsong.The area surrounding Fochville contains Sotho or Tswana ruins. Tlokwe Ruins are the remains of Sotho-Tswana settlements on the hills surrounding Fochville that were inhabited until the 1820s. Boer War hero Danie Theron was killed 5 km north of the town. The town itself was established as an agricultural centre in 1920 and was named after the World War I commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in France, Marshal of France Ferdinand Foch. (en)
  • Fochville est une ville minière d'Afrique du Sud située dans l'ouest de la région historique du Transvaal. En 1994, elle fut intégrée dans la Province du Nord-Ouest avant d'être transférée à celle du Gauteng en 2009, en même temps que la municipalité de Merafong. Danie Theron, héros de la deuxième Guerre des Boers, fut tué juste à 5 kilomètres au nord de Fochville. (fr)
  • Fochville is een plaats in de Zuid-Afrikaanse provincie Gauteng.Fochville telt ongeveer 10.000 inwoners en is een mijnstad, waar goud gewonnen wordt. (nl)
  • Fochville – miasto górnicze w Republice Południowej Afryki, w prowincji Gauteng, w dystrykcie West Rand. Zostało ono założone w 1920 roku i nazwane na cześć naczelnego dowódcy Ententy w I wojnie światowej, marszałka Ferdynanda Focha. (pl)
  • Фошвилл (Fochville) — город в местном муниципалитете Мерафонг-Сити в районе Уэст-Ранд провинции Гаутенг (ЮАР). Город был основан 15 ноября 1920 года. Название он получил в честь знаменитого французского полководца Первой мировой войны маршала Фоша. (ru)
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