Orkney
Orkney is a gold mining town situated in the Klerksdorp district of the North West province, South Africa. It lies on the banks of the Vaal River approximately 180 km from Johannesburg near the N12.
- Type: Town with 110,000 residents
- Description: town in North West province, South Africa
- Also known as: “Eastleigh”, “Orkney, North West”, “Orkney, South Africa”, and “Vaal Reef”
Orkney
Latitude
-26.9753° or 26° 58′ 31″ south
Longitude
26.6719° or 26° 40′ 19″ east
Population
110,000
Elevation
1,312 metres (4,304 feet)
UN/LOCODE
ZA ORK
Open location code
5G582MFC+VQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Orkney” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Orkney, Noordwes”
- Afrikaans: “Orkney”
- Arabic: “أوروكني”
- Asturian: “Orkney”
- Chinese: “奧克尼 (西北省)”
- Chinese: “奧克尼”
- Dutch: “Orkney”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اوروكنى”
- Esperanto: “Orkney”
- French: “Orkney”
- German: “Orkney”
- Italian: “Orkney”
- Malagasy: “Orkney”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Orkney”
- Norwegian: “Orkney”
- Pedi: “Orkney”
- Polish: “Orkney”
- Russian: “Оркнейские”
- Spanish: “Orkney”
- Swahili: “Orkney (Afrika Kusini)”
- Swahili: “Orkney”
- Tswana: “Orkney”
- Urdu: “اورکنی، جنوبی افریقہ”
- Zulu: “I-Orkney, INyakatho-Ntshonalanga”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Lourenspark and Nooitgedacht.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: West Vaal Hospital (CLOSED) and Orkney Airfield.
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