Rietpan

Rietpan is a farm in , , and has an elevation of 1,350 metres. Rietpan is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near the town .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Odendaalsrus and Welkom.

Town
Photo: Meyer Etienne de Kock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the oldest gold mining town in the in the goldfields of the Free State province in . is situated 5 km north of Rietpan.

Photo: Caracal Rooikat, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the second-largest city in the province. is known as "Circle City", "City within a Garden", "Mvela" and "Matjhabeng". The city's Sotho name, Matjhabeng, means 'where nations meet', derived from the migrant labour system, where people of various countries such as Lesotho, Malawi and Mozambique met to work in the mines of the gold fields.

Rietpan

Latitude
-27.92035° or 27° 55′ 13″ south
Longitude
26.69196° or 26° 41′ 31″ east
Elevation
1,350 metres (4,429 feet)
Open location code
5G483MHR+VQ
Geo­Names ID
961678
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