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Welkom

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Country: South Africa

Population:432,070

Time Zone:UTC+2

Welkom’s Sesotho name, Matjhabeng, means “where nations meet,” reflecting the miners from Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique and other countries who came together to work in the gold fields. This South African city is also known as Circle City, City Within A Garden and Mvela. It belongs to the Free State province, around 140 kilometres northeast of Bloemfontein.