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.
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Latitude
-26.9753° or 26° 58′ 31″ south
Longitude
26.6719° or 26° 40′ 19″ east
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.
OrkneyAfrikaans
Orkney, NoordwesAfrikaans
أوروكنيArabic
OrkneyAsturian
奧克尼Chinese
奧克尼 (西北省)Chinese
OrkneyDutch
اوروكنىEgyptian Arabic
OrkneyEsperanto
OrkneyItalian
OrkneyMalagasy
OrkneyNorwegian
OrkneySwahili
Orkney (Afrika Kusini)Swahili
OrkneyTswana
اورکنی، جنوبی افریقہUrdu
I-Orkney, INyakatho-NtshonalangaZulu
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