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Orkney Destination Guide

Explore Orkney in South Africa

Orkney in the region of North-West with its 145,801 inhabitants is a town in South Africa - some 127 mi or ( 204 km ) South-West of Pretoria , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Orkney

Current time in Orkney is now 08:44 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Johannesburg " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Maseru, Hlotse, Butha-Buthe, Gaborone, and Wilkoppies. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Maseru . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Orkney ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

South Africa 2: Botanical Garden

2:48 min by Yaiyasmin
Views: 19853 Rating: 4.87

My first day in South Africa, went to a botanical garden outside of Johannesburg. ..

feeding the lions...

1:06 min by Simunye1969
Views: 277 Rating: 5.00

Lions being feed at the Vanderbijlpark Dieretuin... ..


CHRISTMAS RAFTING ON THE VAAL

4:53 min by Graeme Addison
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We ran two trips over the Christmas 2009 weekend - on different routes, the upper and lower Parys sections - and this video has been assembled to show the best of both. The Vaal is a river of moods as ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Oppenheimer Stadium

Oppenheimer Stadium is a football (soccer) stadium in Orkney, South Africa. It currently has a capacity of 23,000, but it has increased to 40,000 during the 2010 Football World Cup. The existing earth embankments around the stadium will be enlarged by creating a new reinforced concrete structure at the rear and building upwards.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -26.95 26.71 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Soccer venues in South Africa, Sports venues in North West (South African province)

Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality

Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality (formerly Southern District Municipality) is one of the 4 districts of North West province of South Africa. The seat of Kaunda District is Klerksdorp. The majority of its 599 674 people speak Setswana. The district code is DC40. The district was formerly known as the Southern District Municipality. It is named after Kenneth Kaunda, the first President of Zambia.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -26.83 26.58 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: District Municipalities of North West (South African province)

Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Orkney