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Bethlehem is a town in the Free State Province of South Africa that is situated in a fertile valley of the Maluti Mountains on the N5 highway. This beautiful prosperous modern town with its wide variety of modern shops, restaurants and theatres is also the tourism nerve centre of the Eastern Free State. Bethlehem is the largest commercial, industrial and educational centre in the eastern Free State and by tradition the northern terminus of the "mountain route". The original settlers found that wheat flourished in the valley and hence the town was named Bethlehem (house of bread). The development of the town was given a boost when it was connected by rail to Bloemfontein, Harrismith and Johannesburg. Approximately 8 kms from town there is a cairn of rocks very significant to the Sotho people of Lesotho. On their way to work at the Witwatersrand gold mines, the workers would drop a stone on the pile to ask their ancestors to protect them from accidents in the mines. On the way home across the border to Lesotho they would once again drop a stone on the pile to thank their ancestors for a safe journey. Attractions of Bethlehem include the Steam Train along the historic Bethlehem-Bloemfontein Railroad, the Pretoriuskloof Bird Sanctuary in the town centre, the Baartman Wagonhouse Museum, the sandstone Dutch Reformed Church, the Nazareth Missionary Church Museum, the hiking trail around the scenic Loch Athlone, and the Wolhuter's Nature Reserve.
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