Bethany, Free State
Bethany | |
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Bethany Bethany Bethany Bethany shown within Free State | |
Coordinates: 29°35′53″S 25°57′22″E / 29.598°S 25.956°ECoordinates: 29°35′53″S 25°57′22″E / 29.598°S 25.956°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Free State |
District | Xhariep |
Municipality | Kopanong |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality |
• Mayor | Xolile Mathwa (ANC) |
Bethany is a former station of the Berlin Missionary Society established in 1834 by Gebel and Kraul to serve the Korana. Hebrew for 'house of misery'. The railway station was renamed Wurasoord in 1919, after C Wuras, who took charge of it then.[1]
References
- ↑ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 76. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
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