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City in Free State, South Africa
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Welkom is the second-largest city in the Free State province. Welkom is known as "Circle City", "City within a Garden", "Mvela" and "Matjhabeng". The city's Sotho name, Matjhabeng, means 'where nations meet', derived from the migrant labour system, where people of various countries such as Lesotho, Malawi and Mozambique met to work in the mines of the gold fields.
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An international standard, multi-purpose motor sport facility. The track features a 4.24-km road course and a 2.4-km banked oval track. It is one of the few oval speedways outside of the United States and the only one in Africa. The circuit hosted MotoGP's South African motorcycle Grand Prix from 1999 to 2004.
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