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ID: 1093735
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1093735
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Vanderbijlpark (inhabited place)  Vanderbijlpark (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 26 41 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -26.6833  decimal degrees
Long: 027 50 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 27.8333  decimal degrees

Note: SW of Johannesburg on the Vaal River; South Africa's main steel-producing center; manufactures castings & equipment for mines & power stations; town is site of an advanced technical institute.

Names:
Vanderbijlpark (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 Vanderbijlpark (inhabited place)  ................  Vanderbijlpark (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1942
town (C)  ............  officially declared 1952

Sources and Contributors:
Vanderbijlpark..........  [VP Preferred]
.............................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) XII, 263
.............................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 207
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) XII, 263
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 207
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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