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ID: 1093544
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1093544
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Randburg (inhabited place)  Randburg (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 26 07 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -26.1167  decimal degrees
Long: 028 02 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 28.0333  decimal degrees

Note: Borders Johannesburg on the N; supports light industries, including printing, workshops to build organs & small engineering works; has several parks.

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

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  became a town in 1960s
town (C)  ............  proclaimed officially 1962
garden suburb (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Randburg..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) IX, 932-933
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 162
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) IX, 932-933
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 162
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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