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ID: 1093281
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1093281
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Krugersdorp (inhabited place)  Krugersdorp (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 26 05 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -26.0833  decimal degrees
Long: 027 35 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 27.5833  decimal degrees

Note: NW of Johannesburg; named for Paul Kruger, president of the Transvaal Republic; separated from Randfontein in 1929; Paardekraal Monument commemorates Boer victory over Zulu chieftain Dingaan on December 16, 1838; three paleontological sites lie nearby.

Names:
Krugersdorp (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of South Africa (nation)  ........  South Africa (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Gauteng (province)  ............  Gauteng (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Krugersdorp (inhabited place)  ................  Krugersdorp (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1887
town (C)
mining center (C)
industrial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Krugersdorp..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 490
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VII, 14
.......................  Rand McNally Atlas (1991) I-91
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 630
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 490
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VII, 14
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1991) I-91
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 630
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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