Welkom High School

Welkom High School is a school in Matjhabeng Local Municipality, Lejweleputswa District Municipality, Free State. Welkom High School is situated near the church Dormition of the Mother of God, as well as near the hotel Welkom Inn.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Welkom-Gimnasium.

Welkom-Gimnasium

School

Welkom-Gimnasium is an academic secondary school in Welkom, South Africa. Founded in 1953 as an Afrikaans school, the school has been a dual-medium school offering classes in English since 1996. Welkom-Gimnasium is situated 1 km northeast of Welkom High School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Welkom and Thabong.

Welkom

Photo: Caracal Rooikat, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Welkom is the second-largest city in the Free State province. Welkom 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.

Thabong

Suburb

Photo: Matabane6, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thabong is the second largest township after Botshabelo in the Free State province of South Africa. 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 Welkom, to accommodate workers at the world's richest gold mines. Thabong is situated 7 km east of Welkom High School.

Riebeeckstad

Town

Photo: Ossewa, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Riebeeckstad is a suburb 5 km east of the city of Welkom located in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality of the Free State province of South Africa. Riebeeckstad is situated 10 km northeast of Welkom High School.

Welkom High School

Type: School
Category: education
Location: Matjhabeng Local Municipality, Lejweleputswa District Municipality, Free State, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-27.97993° or 27° 58′ 48″ south

Longitude

26.7273° or 26° 43′ 38″ east

Open location code

5G482PCG+2W

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2269512663

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=school

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Dormition of the Mother of God and Welkom Inn.

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Places to explore: Telkom Tower and TotalEnergies.

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