Potchefstroom (Q605167)

Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Potchefstroom (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˌpɔtʃɛfˈstruəm]), colloquially known as Potch, is an academic city in the North West Province of South Africa. It hosts the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University. Potchefstroom is on the Mooirivier (Afrikaans for "pretty river"), roughly 120 km (75 mi) west-southwest of Johannesburg and 45 km (28 mi) east-northeast of Klerksdorp.

Summary from Nederlands / Dutch Wikipedia (nlwiki)

Potchefstroom is een stad met 43.500 inwoners, in de gemeente JB Marks Local Municipality aan de Mooirivier in de provincie Noordwest in Zuid-Afrika.

Summary from Afrikaans / Afrikaans Wikipedia (afwiki)

Potchefstroom is 'n stad in die Noordwesprovinsie van Suid-Afrika. Dit was die tweede oudste dorp in die ou Transvaalprovinsie naas die naburige Klerksdorp. Dit is in November 1838 deur Voortrekkerleier Hendrik Potgieter aan die oewers van die Mooirivier gestig. Die stad staan ook as die "Stad van Deskundigheid" bekend. Dit beslaan 2 573 km² en het 162 762 inwoners (munisipaliteit 2011). Dit is 'n handel- en nywerheidsentrum vir die omliggende land- en mynboustreek. Potchefstroom is 120 km wes-suidwes van Johannesburg.

Wikidata location: -26.7150, 27.1033 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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node: Potchefstroom (OSM), 1.23 km from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Potchefstroom
place: town
source: sagns
name:en: Potchefstroom
name:ru: Почефетрум
sagns_id: 116321
wikidata: Q605167
wikipedia: en:Potchefstroom

wikidata match: Q605167
node: Potchefstroom (OSM), 217 m from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Potchefstroom
place: city
wikidata: Q605167
wikipedia: en:Potchefstroom
population: 43448

wikidata match: Q605167

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