* Museum of Welkom-The public library houses a display of the discovery of gold in Welkom, the town's history and bird and animal life indigenous to this region.

: 057: Northern Free State: Welkom ( Goldfields region )

Welkom is part of the Matjhabeng District Municipality, an administrative area in the Lejweleputswa District of the Free State in South Africa, that includes the city of Welkom.

Scientific studies have pointed to the fact that the " Golden Arc " which stretches from Johannesburg to Welkom was once a massive inland lake, and that silt and gold deposits from alluvial gold settled in the area to form the gold-rich deposits that South Africa is famous for.

Oppenheimer ’ s instructions to Mr. William Backhouse, a town planner was that Welkom should be a town of which its occupants could be justly proud.

This building complex consists of an administrative block, a banquet hall, the Ernest Oppenheimer Theatre, and Clock Tower, which has subsequently been transformed into a tourist attraction hosting the Welkom Publicity Association.

Welkom is well known for its efficient road traffic design mainly through the use of traffic circles, which has been the basis of world-wide studies.

Various other maintenance industries and services are well founded in Welkom which include food and beverages, shopping, retail, legal, engineering, mechanical, architectural and medical practices.

Welkom ’ s most notable sport feature is the ultra-modern multi-million Rand Phakisa Racetrack situated between Welkom and Odendaalsrus, which has been a venue for many international events and draws global media coverage.

The largest deposits are located in the Witwatersrand, which centres on Johannesburg, with smaller deposits in the northern Free State near Welkom and Virginia.

Hertzogville lies about an hour and half from three main cities, Bloemfontein, Kimberley and Welkom.

Shuttleworth was born in Welkom, Free State, South Africa as a son of a surgeon and a nursery school teacher.

| PLACE OF BIRTH = Welkom, South Africa

SARU has 14 Provincial Unions as members – the Blue Bulls Rugby Union ( Pretoria ), Boland ( Wellington ), Border ( East London ), Eastern Province ( Port Elizabeth ), Falcons ( Springs ), Free State ( Bloemfontein ), Golden Lions ( Gauteng ), Griffons ( Welkom ), Griqualand West ( Kimberley ), Leopards ( Potchefstroom ), Mpumalanga ( Witbank ), Natal ( Durban ), South Western Districts ( George ) and Western Province ( Cape Town ).

Welkom, situated 27 ° 59 ' 0 " South, 26 ° 44 ' 0 " East, is a city in the Free State province of South Africa, located 160 kilometres northeast of Bloemfontein, the provincial capital.

The Griffons Rugby Union was formed in 1968 when the late Dr Danie Craven, then the President of SA Rugby spread the game to rural areas in South Africa, Welkom was one of four new provinces formed and called North-Free State.

The R30 is a Regional Route in South Africa that connects Bloemfontein with Rustenburg via Brandfort, Welkom, Bothaville, Klerksdorp and Ventersdorp.

The R73 is a Regional Route in South Africa that connects Welkom with Winburg.

The ASA Free State 500 took place at the Phakisa Freeway Circuit located in Welkom, Free State, South Africa.

2000 was a breakout season for Garry with WCM, as he opened the year with a shock win at Welkom in South Africa.

Planned settlements set up for white inhabitants included Welkom, Sasolburg and Secunda.

On the 5 December 2000, Virginia was incorporated into the Matjhabeng Local Municipality along with the city of Welkom and the towns of Allanridge, Hennenman, Odendaalsrus and Ventersburg.

Bultfontein is situated 80 km from Welkom and 100 km from the capital city of Free State called Bloemfontein.

There the R34 joins the N1 from Welkom.

The city grew after gold was discovered on the farm of Welkom.

Welkom hosts the Office of the Major of the Matjhabeng District Municipality, the Regional Taxation, Social Services, and Emergency Services, Town Planning, Regional Police Offices and Court System.

In the 2001 census, Welkom ( including the adjacent areas of Thabong and Riebeeckstad ) had a population of 191, 341 people in an area of.

On the 16th of April 1946, a rich gold find was made, on the farm, Welkom.

Welkom officially came into being on 15 April 1947, six years after the first mining lease in the area was awarded to the St Helena Gold Mining Company, and was proclaimed a town on 23 July 1948.

Welkom is the realization of an ideal held by Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, at that time Chairman of the Anglo American Corporation.

In 14 February 1955, on Welkom ’ s 21st birthday, Welkom received city status, and celebrated this event with the opening of the Civic Centre.

Welkom ’ s economy centres on the mining of gold and uranium as well as other industries such as agriculture, although with the declining gold price in the nineties, the manufacturing industry is being promoted as a further means to support the local economy.

Welkom is the hub of the Free State gold fields, serving several gold and uranium mines.

Welkom has contributed 21 % to the free world ’ s gold sales.

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Though little democracy had ever been practised in this region, and much of it was still ruled by feudalistic means, it was taken for granted that at least the forms of Western democracy would be established in this area and Western capitalism preserved within it.

Tylor in particular laid the groundwork for theories of cultural diffusionism, stating that there are three ways that different groups can have similar cultural forms or technologies: " independent invention, inheritance from ancestors in a distant region, transmission from one race to another.

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Cultural activities are fairly diverse throughout the region, with the music, dance, theatre, and literary art forms tending to follow the particular cultural heritage of specific locales.

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Animal forms vary accordingly with cultures and local species ( including bears and wolves ), for example, a coyote is more likely to be found as a skinwalker's alternate form in the Great Plains region.

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Even with these forms of influence, Palau has predominantly very little influence from the Spanish occupation compared to other islands within the region, such as Guam.

The Eastern region extends from the Río Paraguay eastward to the Río Paraná, which forms the border with Brazil and Argentina.

As the region developed new organizations and political forms, pottery became more elaborate and varied.

The land here is rich with chernozemic soils and forms Romania's most important farming region.

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Along with Luxembourg, Metz and Saarbrücken, fellow constituent members of the QuattroPole union of cities, it also forms a central place of the greater region encompassing Saar-Lor-Lux ( Saarland, Lorraine and Luxembourg ), Rhineland-Palatinate, and Wallonia.

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The conception of the tree rising through a number of worlds is found in northern Eurasia and forms part of the shamanic lore shared by many peoples of this region.

The Municipality of Bucharest, along with the surrounding Ilfov County, forms the Bucharest development region, which is equivalent to NUTS-II regions in the European Union and is used by the European Union and the Romanian Government for statistical analysis and regional development.