Vereeniging

E24651
human settlement town

Vereeniging is a South African town in Gauteng province best known historically as the site where the Treaty of Vereeniging ended the Second Boer War in 1902.

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Label Occurrences
Vereeniging canonical 23

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
climate warm summer rainfall climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
district Sedibeng District Municipality ⓘ
economicRole industrial center in the Vaal Triangle ⓘ
foundedBy George William Stow (as a coal-mining town proposal) ⓘ
Samuel Marks (industrial development patron) ⓘ
governingBody Sedibeng District Municipality ⓘ
surface form: Emfuleni Local Municipality
hemisphere Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
historicalEventSite Treaty of Vereeniging ⓘ
end of the Second Boer War ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked the end of independent Boer republics ⓘ
knownFor coal mining ⓘ
heavy industry ⓘ
power generation ⓘ
steel industry ⓘ
languageMajority Afrikaans ⓘ
English ⓘ
Sesotho ⓘ
locatedIn Gauteng ⓘ
Sedibeng District Municipality ⓘ
Gauteng ⓘ
surface form: southern Gauteng
locatedInFormerRepublic South African Republic ⓘ
surface form: South African Republic (Transvaal) at time of Second Boer War
locatedNear Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Johannesburg

Sasolburg ⓘ
Vanderbijlpark ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Vaal River ⓘ
municipality Sedibeng District Municipality ⓘ
surface form: Emfuleni Local Municipality
namedAfter Dutch word "vereniging" meaning "association" or "union" ⓘ
partOf Vaal Triangle ⓘ
postWarRole part of the Union of South Africa after 1910 ⓘ
previousProvince Transvaal ⓘ
province Gauteng ⓘ
railwayConnection connected to Johannesburg by rail ⓘ
region Highveld ⓘ
riverBoundaryRole near boundary between Gauteng and Free State ⓘ
roadConnection connected by freeway to Johannesburg ⓘ
timeZone Central Africa Time ⓘ
surface form: South African Standard Time
treatyDate 31 May 1902 ⓘ
treatySignatoriesAt British Empire ⓘ
Orange Free State ⓘ
South African Republic ⓘ
treatySignedHere Treaty of Vereeniging ⓘ
utcOffset +2 ⓘ
warEndedHere Second Boer War ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of Vereeniging → signedIn → Vereeniging ⓘ
Gauteng → containsCity → Vereeniging ⓘ
Highveld → contains → Vereeniging ⓘ
Vanderbijlpark → locatedNear → Vereeniging ⓘ
Vaal Triangle → hasCity → Vereeniging ⓘ
Sedibeng District Municipality → administers → Vereeniging ⓘ
Sedibeng District Municipality → seat → Vereeniging ⓘ
Sedibeng District Municipality → hasMajorTown → Vereeniging ⓘ
Sedibeng District Municipality → containsIndustrialArea → Vereeniging ⓘ
Vaal River → suppliesWaterTo → Vereeniging ⓘ
Sasolburg → locatedNear → Vereeniging ⓘ
George William Stow (as a coal-mining town proposal) → locatedAtSiteOf → Vereeniging ⓘ
subject surface form: George William Stow (coal-mining town proposal)
George William Stow (as a coal-mining town proposal) → predecessorOf → Vereeniging ⓘ
subject surface form: George William Stow (coal-mining town proposal)
Metrorail Gauteng commuter rail → serves → Vereeniging ⓘ
Pretoria–Witwatersrand–Vereeniging conurbation → contains → Vereeniging ⓘ
Vaal River industrial corridor → includesTown → Vereeniging ⓘ
Emfuleni Local Municipality → contains → Vereeniging ⓘ
Emfuleni Local Municipality → seat → Vereeniging ⓘ
Meyerton → locatedNear → Vereeniging ⓘ
Vaal Dam → suppliesWaterTo → Vereeniging ⓘ
Vaal Dam → near → Vereeniging ⓘ
N1 freeway → passesThroughCity → Vereeniging ⓘ
Klip River → flowsThrough → Vereeniging ⓘ