Bethany is a former station of the
Berlin Missionary Society (BMW) established in 1834 by Gebel and Kraul to serve the
Korana
The Korana is a river in central Croatia and west Bosnia and Herzegovina. The river has a total length of and watershed area of .
The river's name is derived from Proto-Indo-European ''*karr-'' 'rock'. It was recorded in the 13th century as ''Co ...
. Hebrew for 'house of misery'. The railway station was renamed Wurasoord in 1919, after
Carl Wuras, a BMS missionary who took charge of it then.
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Populated places in the Kopanong Local Municipality