Orangia
Orangia is a suburb in Matjhabeng Local Municipality, Lejweleputswa District Municipality, Free State. Orangia is situated nearby to the suburb Doorn, as well as near Reitzpark.Places of Interest
Highlights include 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 2½ km west of Orangia.
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 4 km east of Orangia.
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 8 km northeast of Orangia.
Orangia
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Matjhabeng Local Municipality, Lejweleputswa District Municipality, Free State, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-27.97818° or 27° 58′ 42″ southLongitude
26.75707° or 26° 45′ 26″ eastOpen location code
5G482QC4+PROpenStreetMap ID
node 2271428271OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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