Wolmaransstad

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Wolmaransstad
DR Church in Wolmaransstad
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Coordinates: 27°13′0″S 25°58′28″E / 27.21667°S 25.97444°E / -27.21667; 25.97444
Country	South Africa
Province	North West
District	Dr Kenneth Kaunda
Municipality	Maquassi Hills
Area [1]
• Total	41.68 km2 (16.09 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	3,633
• Density	87/km2 (230/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	35.4%
• Coloured	2.6%
• Indian/Asian	2.8%
• White	57.4%
• Other	1.8%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	71.6%
• Tswana	13.0%
• English	8.2%
• Sotho	2.5%
• Other	4.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2630
PO box	2630
Area code	018

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.^[2]

Wolmaransstad originated in 1891 on the banks of the Makwasi River (San word for a type of wild spearmint) and takes its name from J. M. A. Wolmarans, a volksraad councilman.

Wolmaransstad serves a large community and is an important diamond buying center.

The Dutch Reformed church building was designed by Gerard Moerdijk.