Volksrust
Volksrust is a town in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa near the KwaZulu-Natal provincial border, some 240 km southeast of Johannesburg, 53 km north of Newcastle and 80 km southeast of Standerton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Charlestown.
Charlestown
Village
Charlestown is a small town situated at the top of Laing's Nek pass in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa between Newcastle and Volksrust. It started out as an important railway station and customs post between Natal and Transvaal in 1891 until the Union of South Africa came into being in 1910, and customs tariffs were abolished. Charlestown is situated 5 km south of Volksrust.
Volksrust
- Type: Town with 8,050 residents
- Description: town in South Africa
- Category: locality
- Location: Pixley Ka Seme, Gert Sibande District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-27.36278° or 27° 21′ 46″ southLongitude
29.8825° or 29° 52′ 57″ eastPopulation
8,050Elevation
1,664 metres (5,459 feet)United Nations Location Code
ZA VOLOpen location code
5G4FJVPJ+VXOpenStreetMap ID
node 262718464OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Volksrust” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Volksrust”
- Arabic: “فولكسرست”
- Asturian: “Volksrust”
- Bulgarian: “Волксруст”
- Catalan: “Volksrust”
- Cebuano: “Volksrust”
- Chinese: “福尔克斯勒斯特”
- Chinese: “福爾克斯勒斯特”
- Dutch: “Volksrust”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فولكسرست”
- Estonian: “Volksrust”
- French: “Volksrust”
- German: “Volksrust”
- Italian: “Volksrust”
- Malagasy: “Volksrust”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Volksrust”
- Pedi: “Volksrust”
- Polish: “Volksrust”
- Portuguese: “Volksrust”
- Romanian: “Volksrust”
- Russian: “Волксруст”
- Russian: “Фолксрюс”
- Slovenian: “Volkrust”
- Ukrainian: “Волксрут”
- Xhosa: “Volksrust”
- Zulu: “Volksrust”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include NG Kerk - Volksrust and Volksrust Prison.
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