Bethanie, Free State

Bethany
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Coordinates: 29°35′53″S 25°57′22″E / 29.598°S 25.956°E / -29.598; 25.956Coordinates: 29°35′53″S 25°57′22″E / 29.598°S 25.956°E / -29.598; 25.956
Country	South Africa
Province	Free State
District	Xhariep
Municipality	Kopanong
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Mayor	Xolile Mathwa (ANC)

Bethany is a former station of the Berlin Missionary Society 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 C Wuras, who took charge of it then.

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