Sand River
The Sand River is a river in the Free State province, South Africa. It is located close to the towns of Welkom and Virginia in the gold mining centre of the Free State.
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- …lies at an elevation of 1,265 metres (4,150 feet)
- Description: river in the Free State, South Africa
- Also known as“Zand”“Zand River”
Sand River
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Latitude
-28.092° or 28° 5′ 31″ south
Longitude
26.41409° or 26° 24′ 51″ east
Open location code
5G38WC57+6J
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Sand River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Sandrivier”
- Asturian: “Ríu Sand”
- Cebuano: “Sandrivier”
- Chinese: “沙河 (自由邦省)”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر الرمال”
- French: “Zandrivier”
- German: “Sand”
- Hausa: “Sand River (Free State)”
- Hausa: “Sand River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Sand”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sand”
- Portuguese: “Rio Sand”
- Somali: “Webiga Sand”
- Tswana: “Noka ya Sand (Free State)”
- Tswana: “Noka ya Sand”
- Welsh: “Afon Sand”
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