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ID: 1093545
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1093545
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Randfontein (inhabited place)  Randfontein (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 26 10 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -26.1667  decimal degrees
Long: 027 43 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 27.7167  decimal degrees

Note: W of Johannesburg; originally part of Krugersdorp until 1929 when it became a separate town; underwent extensive industrial & residential growth by the 1980s; site of one of the world's largest gold mines; industries include machinery & textiles.

Names:
Randfontein (preferred,C,V)
Krugersdorp (H,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 Randfontein (inhabited place)  ................  Randfontein (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was part of nearby town called Krugersdorp, founded in 1887
town (C)  ............  since 1929
mining center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Krugersdorp..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 933
Randfontein..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) IX, 933
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 162
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1003
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) IX, 933
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 933
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 162
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1003
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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