Bethany, Free State
Place in Free State, South Africa
29°35′53″S 25°57′22″E / 29.598°S 25.956°E / -29.598; 25.956Bethany is a former station of the Berlin Missionary Society (BMW) established in 1834 by Gebel and Kraul to serve the Korana. Hebrew for 'house of misery'. The railway station was renamed Wurasoord in 1919, after Carl Wuras, a BMS missionary who took charge of it then.[1]
References
- ^ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 76. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
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Municipalities and communities of Xhariep District Municipality, Free State
District seat: Trompsburg
- Bethany
- Bethulie
- Edenburg
- Fauresmith
- Gariep Dam
- Jagersfontein
- Philippolis
- Reddersburg
- Springfontein
- Trompsburg
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