Wolmaransstad

Wolmaransstad

NG Church in Wolmaransstad
Wolmaransstad
Wolmaransstad
Wolmaransstad

 Wolmaransstad shown within North West

Coordinates: 27°13′0″S 25°58′28″E / 27.21667°S 25.97444°E / -27.21667; 25.97444Coordinates: 27°13′0″S 25°58′28″E / 27.21667°S 25.97444°E / -27.21667; 25.97444
Country South Africa
Province North West
District Dr Kenneth Kaunda
Municipality Maquassi Hills
Area[1]
  Total 41.68 km2 (16.09 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 3,633
  Density 87/km2 (230/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
  Black African 35.4%
  Coloured 2.6%
  Indian/Asian 2.8%
  White 57.4%
  Other 1.8%
First languages (2011)[1]
  Afrikaans 71.6%
  Tswana 13.0%
  English 8.2%
  Sotho 2.5%
  Other 4.7%
Postal code (street) 2630
PO box 2630
Area code 018

Wolmaransstad (Afrikaans for "Wolmarans City") is a maize-farming town situated on the N12 between Johannesburg and Kimberley in North West Province of South Africa. The town lies in an important alluvial diamond-mining area and it is the main town of the Maquassi Hills Local Municipality.

Town 245 km south-west of Johannesburg and 56 km north-east of Bloemhof. It was laid out on the farms Rooderand and Vlakfontein in 1888, and proclaimed a town in 1891. Named after Jacobus M. A. Wolmarans, then member of the Executive Council.[2]

Wolmaransstad originated in 1891 on the banks of the Makwasi River (San word for a type of wild spearmint) and takes its name from J. M. A. Wolmarans, a volksraad councilman.

Wolmaransstad serves a large community and is an important diamond buying centre.

The Dutch Reformed church building was designed by Gerard Moerdijk.

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