Welkom: facts

At a glance

• Country: South Africa
• Region: Free State
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 431,944
• Coordinates: 27.9774° S, 26.7351° E
• Time zone: Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
• Currency: Rand (ZAR)
• Distance to the capital, Pretoria: 287 km (178 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Bram Fischer International Airport (BFN): 131 km (81 mi), straight line
• Moshoeshoe I International Airport (MSU, Lesotho): 183 km (114 mi), straight line
• Kimberley Airport (KIM): 214 km (133 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Odendaalsrus: 12 km (8 mi)
• Kutloanong: 16 km (10 mi)
• Virginia: 19 km (12 mi)
• Whites: 26 km (16 mi)
• Allanridge: 26 km (16 mi)