Bethlehem

Bethlehem is in the subdivision of . The town is in the heart of the picturesque north-eastern Free State and developed as a service centre.
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  • Type: Town with 91,100 residents
  • Description: town in Dihlabeng Local Municipality, South Africa
  • Also known as: Bethlehem, South Africa

Bethlehem

Latitude of center
-28.2308° or 28° 13′ 51″ south
Longitude of center
28.3089° or 28° 18′ 32″ east
Population
91,100
Elevation
1,630 metres (5,348 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ZA BTH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 59842467
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1019704
Wiki­data ID
Q831326
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Bethlehem” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Bethlehem, Vrystaat
  • Afrikaans: Bethlehem
  • Arabic: بيت لحم
  • Asturian: Bethlehem
  • Basque: Bethlehem
  • Catalan: Bethlehem
  • Cebuano: Bethlehem
  • Chinese: 伯利恆
  • Danish: Bethlehem
  • Dutch: Bethlehem
  • Egyptian Arabic: بيت لحم
  • Esperanto: Bethlehem (Sud-Afriko)
  • Esperanto: Bethlehem
  • Estonian: Bethlehem (LAV)
  • Estonian: Bethlehem
  • French: Bethlehem
  • German: Bethlehem
  • Hebrew: בת’להם
  • Italian: Bethlehem
  • Japanese: ベツレヘム (南アフリカ)
  • Japanese: ベツレヘム (南アフリカ共和国)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Bethlehem (Sør-Afrika)
  • Norwegian: Bethlehem
  • Pedi: Bethlehem, Free State
  • Pedi: Bethlehem
  • Polish: Bethlehem
  • Portuguese: Bethlehem
  • Romanian: Bethlehem, Africa de Sud
  • Romanian: Bethlehem
  • Russian: Бетлехем (ЮАР)
  • Russian: Бетлехем
  • Russian: Вифлеем
  • Southern Sotho: Bethlehema, Afrika Borwa
  • Swahili: Bethlehem, Afrika Kusini
  • Swedish: Bethlehem
  • Welsh: Bethlehem
  • Zulu: IBethlehem, IFuleyisitata

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Bethlehem”. Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0.