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Wolmaransstad
North West, South Africa · Africa
About Wolmaransstad
Wolmaransstad sits on the route: 25 minutes from Makwassie.
Wolmaransstad is in North West, South Africa, with about 49,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Makwassie, about 13 km away.
Wolmaransstad (Afrikaans for "Wolmarans City") is a maize-farming town situated on the N12 between Johannesburg and Kimberley in North West Province of South Africa. The town lies in an important alluvial diamond-mining area and it is the main town of the Maquassi Hills Local Municipality.
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Johannesburg and 56 km north-east of Bloemhof. It was laid out on the farms Rooderand and Vlakfontein in 1888, and proclaimed a town in 1891. Named after Jacobus M. A. Wolmarans, then member of the Executive Council.
Wolmaransstad originated in 1891 on the banks of the Makwasi River (San word for a type of wild spearmint) and takes its name from J. M. A. Wolmarans, a volksraad councilman.
Wolmaransstad serves a large community and is an important diamond buying center.
The Dutch Reformed Church building was designed by Gerard Moerdijk.
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Wolmaransstad is in North West, South Africa, about 13 km from Makwassie.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 49,366
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- South Africa
- Region
- North West
- Timezone
- Africa/Johannesburg
- Coordinates
- -27.1974, 25.9831
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