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ID: 1093747
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1093747
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Vereeniging (inhabited place)  Vereeniging (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 26 41 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -26.6833  decimal degrees
Long: 027 56 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 27.9333  decimal degrees

Note: S of Johannesburg on the Vaal River; site of peace negotiations resulting in the Peace of Vereeniging which ended the Boer War in 1902; manufactures iron & steel products, glass, bricks & tiles; scene of demonstrations in 1960.

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

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1892
town (C)  ............  incorporated 1912
industrial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Vereeniging..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) XII, 316
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 208
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) XII, 316
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 208
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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