Welkom

E190332
city

Welkom is a South African city in the Free State province known historically for its gold mining industry and planned urban layout.

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Label Occurrences
Welkom canonical 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
economicSector manufacturing ⓘ
mining ⓘ
services ⓘ
elevation approximately 1340 metres above sea level ⓘ
foundedAs mining town ⓘ
governingBody Matjhabeng Local Municipality ⓘ
hasAirport Welkom Airport ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitutionType primary schools ⓘ
secondary schools ⓘ
hasFeature grid-based street layout ⓘ
mine dumps ⓘ
slimes dams ⓘ
traffic circles ⓘ
hasHealthcareFacilityType clinics ⓘ
hospitals ⓘ
hasIndustry gold processing ⓘ
uranium processing ⓘ
hasNearbySettlementType suburbs ⓘ
townships ⓘ
hasRecreationalFacility lakes ⓘ
parks ⓘ
isMiningTownIn Free State goldfields ⓘ
knownFor gold mining industry ⓘ
planned urban layout ⓘ
languageMajority Afrikaans ⓘ
Sesotho ⓘ
locatedIn Free State ⓘ
surface form: Free State province

Lejweleputswa District Municipality ⓘ
municipality Matjhabeng Local Municipality ⓘ
partOf Witwatersrand ⓘ
surface form: Witwatersrand goldfields
postalCodeType street ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity gold mining ⓘ
uranium mining ⓘ
provinceCapitalDistanceFrom Bloemfontein ⓘ
region Goldfields region of Free State ⓘ
roadConnection R30 road ⓘ
R34 road ⓘ
R70 road ⓘ
sportsCulture cricket ⓘ
rugby ⓘ
soccer ⓘ
timeZone Central Africa Time ⓘ
surface form: South African Standard Time
urbanPlanningType planned city ⓘ
UTCOffset +2 ⓘ

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Highveld → contains → Welkom ⓘ
Lejweleputswa District Municipality → seat → Welkom ⓘ
Lejweleputswa District Municipality → capital → Welkom ⓘ
Lejweleputswa District Municipality → hasMajorTown → Welkom ⓘ