Vryburg
Vryburg is an agricultural town of 21,000 people in North West Province. The town today is an industrial and agricultural hub. Its modern architecture blends naturally with its surroundings and the well-preserved old buildings are carefully maintained.- Type: Town with 55,900 residents
- Description: South African city
- Also known as: “Vrybourg”, “Φράιμπουργκ”, and “Վրեյբուրգ”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Vryburg Airport.
Vryburg Airport
Aerodrome
Vryburg Airport is an airport serving Vryburg, a town in the North West province, South Africa.
Vryburg
Latitude
-26.9553° or 26° 57′ 19″ south
Longitude
24.7301° or 24° 43′ 48″ east
Population
55,900
Elevation
1,202 metres (3,944 feet)
IATA airport code
VRU
UN/LOCODE
ZA VRU
Open location code
5G562PVJ+V2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Vryburg” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Vryburg”
- Arabic: “فرايبورغ”
- Armenian: “Ֆրեյբուրգ”
- Asturian: “Vryburg”
- Catalan: “Vryburg”
- Cebuano: “Vryburg (kapital sa distrito sa Habagatang Aprika)”
- Cebuano: “Vryburg”
- Chinese: “弗雷堡”
- Danish: “Vryburg”
- Dutch: “Vryburg”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فرايبورج”
- Estonian: “Vryburg”
- French: “Vryburg”
- German: “Vryburg”
- Greek: “Φρέιμπουργκ”
- Hebrew: “ורייבורג”
- Italian: “Vryburg”
- Japanese: “フライバーグ”
- Malagasy: “Vryburg”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vryburg”
- Norwegian: “Vryburg”
- Pedi: “Vryburg”
- Polish: “Vryburg”
- Portuguese: “Vryburg”
- Romanian: “Vryburg”
- Russian: “Фрейбург”
- Russian: “Фрейбурга”
- Urdu: “ورائی برگ”
- Zulu: “IVryburg”
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Places to explore: Colridge and Fairview.
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