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Parys
Parys is a town situated on the banks of the
Vaal River
in the
Free State
province of
South Africa
. Population 43,791.The name of the town is the
Afrikaans
translation of
Paris
. The name was given by a
German
surveyor who had participated in the
Siege of Paris
during the
Franco-Prussian War
and the location next to the Vaal reminded him of Paris on the
River Seine
.Parys is in the 5km buffer zone of the
Vredefort Dome World Heritage Site
.
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