Orkney (Q1788096)

Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Orkney is a gold mining town situated in the Klerksdorp district of the North West province, South Africa. It lies on the banks of the Vaal River approximately 180 km from Johannesburg near the N12 (national road from Johannesburg to George).

Summary from Nederlands / Dutch Wikipedia (nlwiki)

Orkney is een plaats in de Zuid-Afrikaanse provincie Noordwest. Orkney telt ongeveer 13.500 inwoners.

Summary from Afrikaans / Afrikaans Wikipedia (afwiki)

Orkney is 'n dorp suid van Klerksdorp in die Noordwesprovinsie, Suid-Afrika. Die dorp het aansienlike mediadekking in die laat 1980's en vroeë 1990's gekry as agtergrond vir die SAUK se sepie, Orkney Snork Nie.

Wikidata location: -26.9789, 26.6692 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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node: Orkney (OSM), 0.55 km from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Orkney
is_in: North West, South Africa
place: town
source: sagns
sagns_id: 114123
wikidata: Q1788096
wikipedia: en:Orkney, North West

wikidata match: Q1788096
node: Vaal Reefs (OSM), 11.33 km from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Vaal Reefs
is_in: North West, South Africa
place: suburb
source: sagns
sagns_id: 63813

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town (Q3957) place=town

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