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Witbank (/wətbænk/), officially Emalahleni, is a city situated on the Highveld of Mpumalanga, South Africa, within the Emalahleni Local Municipality. The name Witbank is Afrikaans for "white ridge", and is named after a white sandstone outcrop where wagon transport drivers rested. The city is known for its coal-mining in the surrounding region. Witbank was renamed to Emalahleni meaning the place of coal in 2006 by the government of Mpumalanga, matching the municipality.

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  • Witbank (en)
  • EMalahleni (de)
  • Emalahleni (eo)
  • Witbank (it)
  • Witbank (fr)
  • 윗뱅크 (ko)
  • Witbank (nl)
  • Emalahleni (miejscowość) (pl)
  • Эмалахлени (ru)
  • Вітбанк (uk)
  • 威特班克 (zh)
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  • Emalahleni, pli frue ĝis 2006 Witbank, afrikanse White Ridge estas grandurbo kaj diocezo en Sud-Afriko, en provinco Mpumalanga en municipo eMalahleni (="loko de karbo"). (eo)
  • Witbank (se prononce «wit-bank» ou «vit-bank» en anglais et «vit-bunk» en afrikaans et signifie crête blanche en afrikaans) également appelée eMalahleni (le "lieu du charbon" en langue Nguni) depuis 2006 est une ville d'Afrique du Sud située dans la province du Mpumalanga dans l'est du Transvaal à 1 h de route de Pretoria. (fr)
  • Witbank (/wətbænk/), officially Emalahleni, is a city situated on the Highveld of Mpumalanga, South Africa, within the Emalahleni Local Municipality. The name Witbank is Afrikaans for "white ridge", and is named after a white sandstone outcrop where wagon transport drivers rested. The city is known for its coal-mining in the surrounding region. Witbank was renamed to Emalahleni meaning the place of coal in 2006 by the government of Mpumalanga, matching the municipality. (en)
  • 윗뱅크(Witbank)는 남아프리카 공화국에 있는 도시고, 아프리칸스어로 흰색 사암으로 마차 운전자들이 쉬고 있는 곳에서 이름이 붙여졌다. 이 도시는 인근 지역의 석탄 광산으로 유명하다. (ko)
  • Witbank, ook eMalahleni Main Place, is een stad met 110.000 inwoners, in de Zuid-Afrikaanse gemeente Emalahleni. Witbank werd in 1890 gesticht en werd in 1894 aangesloten op het spoorwegnet. In de stad en omgeving vindt op grote schaal kolenmijnbouw plaats. (nl)
  • Emalahleni (dawniej Witbank) – miasto w Republice Południowej Afryki, w prowincji Mpumalanga, na północ od Johannesburga. Około 311,5 tys. mieszkańców. W mieście rozwinął się przemysł chemiczny oraz hutniczy. (pl)
  • Эмалахлени (eMalahleni) — административный центр местного муниципалитета Эмалахлени в районе Нкангала провинции Мпумаланга (ЮАР). (ru)
  • Вітбанк (Witbank) — найбільший кам'яно-вугільний басейн в ПАР. (uk)
  • 威特班克是南非的城鎮,位於該國東北部,由普馬蘭加省負責管轄,始建於1890年,面積240.39平方公里,2001年人口61,093,人口密度每平方公里250人。 (zh)
  • eMalahleni (bis 2006 Witbank) ist eine Stadt in der Gemeinde Emalahleni, Distrikt Nkangala, Provinz Mpumalanga in Südafrika. 2011 hatte sie 108.673 Einwohner. Westlich liegt die Township-Siedlung KwaGuqa, die mehr Einwohner als eMalahleni aufweist, östlich befindet sich die Talsperre Witbank Dam. Die Wirtschaft eMalahlenis stützt sich auf den Kohleabbau und deren Verarbeitung. In der Umgebung der Stadt gibt es 22 Kohlebergwerke und einige Kohlekraftwerke. Die Region ist über Eisenbahnstrecken an die zum Kohleverladeterminal im Hafen Richards Bay führende Richards Bay Coal Line angeschlossen. (de)
  • Witbank è una città del Sudafrica, situata sull'Alto Veld di Mpumalanga, entro i confini della municipalità locale di Emalahleni. Il nome Witbank proviene dalle parole afrikaans per "creta bianca", essendo nato il centro in prossimità di uno sperone di bianca pietra arenaria sperone dove i guidatori di carri da trasporto solevano riposarsi. La città è situata in mezzo ad una zona di estrazione del carbone dove ci sono almeno 22 pozzi. In zona ci sono un certo numero di centrali elettriche (ad esempio il Duvha Power Station), oltre a una acciaieria (Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corporation). (it)
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  • Witbank (en)
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