Country South Africa District Lejweleputswa Postal code (street) 9459 Area code 057 | Province Free State Municipality Matjhabeng PO box 9469 | |
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Riebeeckstad is a suburb 5 km east of the city of Welkom located in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality of the Free State province of South Africa.
Map of Riebeeckstad, Welkom, 9459, South Africa
It is named after Jan van Riebeeck and was established as an upper-class suburb, void of mine shafts, for people working in Welkom or on the Free State Goldfields. The suburb is the largest in the city of Welkom and has a significant white population. Afrikaans is most spoken language in the suburb followed by Sesotho and English. The suburb is located few kilometres from the Central University of Technology in Welkom.
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