Welkom-Gimnasium

Welkom-Gimnasium is an academic secondary school in . Founded in 1953 as an Afrikaans school, the school has been a dual-medium school offering classes in English since 1996.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: School
  • Description: state school in Welkom, Free State, South Africa
  • Also known as: “Welkom Gimnasium high school”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Welkom and Thabong.

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.

Suburb
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is the second largest township after in the province of . The township was established during the years of segregation of black people as well as the township of Bronville for coloured people adjacent to the city of , to accommodate workers at the world's richest gold mines. is situated 6 km east of Welkom-Gimnasium.

Town
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is a suburb 5 km east of the city of located in the of the Free State province of . is situated 9 km northeast of Welkom-Gimnasium.

Welkom-Gimnasium

Latitude
-27.97335° or 27° 58′ 24″ south
Longitude
26.73245° or 26° 43′ 57″ east
Open location code
5G482PGJ+MX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2269510525
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­school
Wiki­data ID
Q13036360
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In Other Languages

“Welkom-Gimnasium” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Welkom-Gimnasium”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Welkom main city swimming Pool and Rovers Club.

Nearby Places

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