<Tr> <Th> Postal code (street) </Th> <Td> 9780 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Area code </Th> <Td> 051 </Td> </Tr> <P> Thaba' Nchu is a town in Free State, South Africa, located 60 km east of Bloemfontein and 17km east of Botshabelo . The population is largely made up of Tswana and Sotho people . The town was settled in the 1830s and officially established in 1873 . The town grew larger following the 1913 Natives' Land Act that stated Thaba' Nchu as a homeland for Tswana people . It was known among the Voortrekkers as Blesberg (blazed mountain, bald mountain). </P> <P> Moroka II, chief of the Boo - Seleka section of the Barolong, migrated here in 1833 . A decade earlier, his clan was driven from their land of origin, over the Vaal, by Mzilikazi, and sojourned at Motlhanapitse, in what is now the western Free State . Upon reaching an agreement with king Moshoeshoe I, they settled at Thaba' Nchu, where their numbers were augmented by other Barolong scattered by Mzilikazi . </P>

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