Welkom is a city in the Free State province of South Africa, about 140 kilometres northeast of the provincial capital Bloemfontein. Founded on a farm following gold discoveries and proclaimed a town in 1948, it had a population of 64,130 at the 2011 census and has been central to South Africa's gold mining industry, with a mixed migrant workforce reflected in its Sesotho name Matjhabeng, meaning where nations meet.
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Founding Year Elevation (m) Latitude27.983056 degrees south 2 Sources
1. GeoNames: Welkom
GeoNames geonameid 940909 (Welkom), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source 2. Welkom (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1947-01-01T00:00:00Z
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -27.983056, longitude 26.720833
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 1333 m
View the SourceWelkom (Wikipedia)
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