Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Welkom (Afrikaans pronunciation: [Velkom]) is a city in the Free State province of South Africa, located about 140 kilometres (90 mi) northeast of Bloemfontein, the provincial capital. Welkom is also known as Circle city, City Within A Garden, Mvela and Matjhabeng. The city's Sesotho name, Matjhabeng means 'where nations meet', derived from the migrant labour system, where people of various countries such as Lesotho, Malawi and Mozambique etc. met to work in the mines of the Goldfields.Welkom is now the second largest city in the Free State Province.A settlement was laid out on a farm named "Welkom" (which is Afrikaans and Dutch for "welcome") after gold was discovered in the region, and officially proclaimed a town in 1948; it became a municipality in 1961. It now falls in the Matjhabeng Municipality, part of the Lejweleputswa District.Welkom was officially declared a city on 14 February 1968.. }
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- Welkom abstract "Welkom (Afrikaans pronunciation: [Velkom]) is a city in the Free State province of South Africa, located about 140 kilometres (90 mi) northeast of Bloemfontein, the provincial capital. Welkom is also known as Circle city, City Within A Garden, Mvela and Matjhabeng. The city's Sesotho name, Matjhabeng means 'where nations meet', derived from the migrant labour system, where people of various countries such as Lesotho, Malawi and Mozambique etc. met to work in the mines of the Goldfields.Welkom is now the second largest city in the Free State Province.A settlement was laid out on a farm named "Welkom" (which is Afrikaans and Dutch for "welcome") after gold was discovered in the region, and officially proclaimed a town in 1948; it became a municipality in 1961. It now falls in the Matjhabeng Municipality, part of the Lejweleputswa District.Welkom was officially declared a city on 14 February 1968.".