Wolmaransstad
Sign in to saveWolmaransstad (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. thumb|left|J.M.A. Wolmarans Town 245 km south-west of 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.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Wolmaransstad is referenced by 85 other articles, and connects out to Potchefstroom, North West and Ventersdorp.
The entry is geolocated on the map in ZA, across 3 mapped points.
It sits within the topics 1891 establishments in South Africa, Mining communities in South Africa and Populated places established in 1891.
Its subject is documented across 18 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.timezone1
- SAST
- Settlement.name
- Wolmaransstad
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- Dutch Reformed Church Wolmaransstad 001.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- DR Church in Wolmaransstad
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- South Africa North West#South Africa
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- North West
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Dr Kenneth Kaunda
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- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Maquassi Hills
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- Main Place
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- Established
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- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 41.68
- Settlement.population_total
- 3633
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- Maquassi Hills Local Municipality
- Elevation
- 1357
- Capital of
- Maquassi Hills Local Municipality
- Shares border with
- Ottosdal
- Image
- Wolmaransstad-NG Kerk-001.jpg
- Dialing code
- 018
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- Commons category
- Wolmaransstad
- postal code
- 2630
- inception
- 1891-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Anglo Boer war
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- References
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. thumb|left|J.M.A. Wolmarans Town 245 km south-west of 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wolmaransstad” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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