racetrack
Phakisa Freeway
A rare combined oval and road course in the Free State, built in 1999 to bring MotoGP and oval racing to South Africa. The 1.5-mile banked tri-oval sits isolated in the goldfields.
18 km · about 20 min drive
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Allanridge
Free State, South Africa · Africa
About Allanridge
Allanridge is worth a stop: 25 minutes from Kutloanong, 18km from Phakisa Freeway.
Allanridge is in Free State, South Africa, with about 32,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Kutloanong, about 14 km away.
Allanridge is a gold-mining town in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality of the Free State province in South Africa. It is the main centre of the Loraine Gold Mining Company and is dominated by the tall headgear and complex reduction works that processes thousands of tons of gold-bearing ore every month.
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established as a settlement in the Free State goldfields in 1947 and was named after Allan Roberts whose borehole's proximity to the gold-bearing reef was the precursor to the mining in the area. The town layout was designed by town planner William Backhouse, who also planned Welkom, the second-largest city in the Free State province. It became a municipality on 21 December 1956 but this changed on the 5 December 2000 when it was incorporated into the Matjhabeng Local Municipality with the city of Welkom and the towns of Hennenman, Odendaalsrus, Ventersburg and Virginia.
The Phathakahle township is 3 km outside of Allanridge. It was established during the apartheid era to house the mine workers of the Loraine Gold Mining Company.
It also has three primary Schools (S.A Mokhothu, Dihwai and Tshireletso ) and two high schools {LA wesi and Mosala}. The first part of Nyakallong was (skomplas).
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Within an hour or so of Allanridge: Phakisa Freeway (18 km).
Where is Allanridge?
Allanridge is in Free State, South Africa, about 14 km from Kutloanong.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 31,700
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- South Africa
- Region
- Free State
- Timezone
- Africa/Johannesburg
- Coordinates
- -27.7543, 26.6438
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