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instanceOf
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human settlement
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town
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climate
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warm summer rainfall climate
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continent
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Africa
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country
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South Africa
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district
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Sedibeng District Municipality
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economicRole
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industrial center in the Vaal Triangle
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foundedBy
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George William Stow (as a coal-mining town proposal)
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Samuel Marks (industrial development patron)
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governingBody
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Emfuleni Local Municipality
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hemisphere
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Southern Hemisphere
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historicalEventSite
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Treaty of Vereeniging
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end of the Second Boer War
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historicalSignificance
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marked the end of independent Boer republics
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knownFor
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coal mining
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heavy industry
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power generation
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steel industry
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languageMajority
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Afrikaans
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English
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Sesotho
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locatedIn
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Gauteng
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Sedibeng District Municipality
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southern Gauteng
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locatedInFormerRepublic
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South African Republic (Transvaal) at time of Second Boer War
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locatedNear
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Johannesburg
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Sasolburg
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Vanderbijlpark
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locatedOnRiver
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Vaal River
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municipality
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Emfuleni Local Municipality
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namedAfter
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Dutch word "vereniging" meaning "association" or "union"
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partOf
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Vaal Triangle
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postWarRole
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part of the Union of South Africa after 1910
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previousProvince
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Transvaal
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province
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Gauteng
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railwayConnection
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connected to Johannesburg by rail
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region
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Highveld
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riverBoundaryRole
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near boundary between Gauteng and Free State
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roadConnection
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connected by freeway to Johannesburg
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timeZone
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South African Standard Time
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treatyDate
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31 May 1902
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treatySignatoriesAt
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British Empire
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Orange Free State
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South African Republic
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treatySignedHere
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Treaty of Vereeniging
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utcOffset
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+2
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warEndedHere
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Second Boer War
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