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Wolmaransstad (Afrikaans for "Wolmarans City") is a maize-farming town situated on the N12 between Johannesburg and Kimberley in North West Province of South Africa. The town lies in an important alluvial diamond-mining area and it is the main town of the Maquassi Hills Local Municipality. Town 245 km south-west of Johannesburg and 56 km north-east of Bloemhof. It was laid out on the farms Rooderand and Vlakfontein in 1888, and proclaimed a town in 1891. Named after Jacobus M A Wolmarans, then member of the Executive Council.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames )〕 Wolmaransstad originated in 1891 on the banks of the Makwasi River ''(San word for a type of wild spearmint)'' and takes its name from JMA Wolmarans, a volksraad councilman. Wolmaransstad serves a large community and is an important diamond buying centre. The Dutch Reformed church building was designed by Gerard Moerdijk. == Tourist attractions == *Broadbent Mission Station *Digger's Diamond route *Makwassierante Conservation Area *Wolwespruit Dam Nature Reserve 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wolmaransstad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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