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ID: 1093293 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1093293			Record Type: administrative

Ladysmith (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 28 34 00 S degrees minutes			Lat: -28.5667 decimal degrees
Long: 029 47 00 E degrees minutes			Long: 29.7833 decimal degrees

Note: Site of most famous siege of Boer War; British troops under Sir George White were surrounded by Boers from November 1, 1899 until reinforcements led by Sir Redvers Buller arrived on February 28, 1900; industries include food processing & textiles.

Names:

Ladysmith (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:

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Africa (continent) (P)

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South Africa (nation) (P)

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KwaZulu/Natal (province) (P)

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Ladysmith (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:

inhabited place (preferred, C)	............	founded 1850
town (C)
trade center (C)

Sources and Contributors:

Ladysmith..........	[VP Preferred]
....................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 497
....................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VII, 95
....................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 107
....................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 640

Subject: .....	[VP]
..................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 497
..................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VII, 95
..................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 107
..................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 640


Note:
English	..........	[VP]

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