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Website. Official website. Welkom ( Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈvɛlkɔm]) is the second-largest city in the Free State province of South Africa, located about 140 kilometres (90 mi) northeast of Bloemfontein, the provincial capital. Welkom is also known as Circle City, City Within A Garden, Mvela and Matjhabeng.
Download QR code; Wikidata item; ... This is a list of cities and towns in Free State Province, ... This page was last edited on 8 August 2024, at 10:14 ...
28.8 Kopanong Local Municipality: FS162 Xhariep Trompsburg: 15,645 49,999 3.2 Letsemeng Local Municipality: FS161 Xhariep Koffiefontein: 9,828 40,044 4.1 Mafube Local Municipality: FS205 Fezile Dabi Frankfort: 3,971 57,574 14.5 Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality: FS194 Thabo Mofutsanyana Phuthaditjhaba: 4,338 353,452 81.5 Mangaung Metropolitan ...
History. It is named after Jan van Riebeeck and was established as an upper-class [citation needed] suburb, void of mine shafts, for people working in Welkom or on the Free State goldfields. The suburb is the largest in the city of Welkom and has a significant white population. Afrikaans is most spoken language in the suburb followed by Sesotho ...
Matjhabeng Municipality ( Sotho: Masepala wa Matjhabeng; Xhosa: uMasipala wase Matjhabeng; Afrikaans: Matjhabeng Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Lejweleputswa District Municipality, in the Free State province of South Africa. The municipality includes Welkom, Virginia, Odendaalsrus and Allanridge. [4]
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Free State (province) / 28°S 27°E / -28; 27. The Free State ( Sotho: Freistata; Afrikaans: Vrystaat [ˈfrɛistɑːt]; Xhosa: iFreyistata; Tswana: Foreistata; Zulu: iFuleyisitata ), formerly known as the Orange Free State, is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bloemfontein, which is also South Africa 's judicial capital.
5.7 Second quake [5] 8 December 1976 Welkom: Free State: 5.2 4 Miners. [6] 26 September 1990 Welkom: Free State: 4.2 2 [6] 9 March 2005 Stilfontein, North West: 5.3 2 Miners were killed underground. [7] [8] 28 May 2013 Near Mbabane: Eswatini: 4.0 The earthquake was felt in Newcastle and lasted about six seconds. [9] 22 June 2013 07:08 ...