Krugersdorp

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human settlement town

Krugersdorp is a historic mining town in South Africa known for its gold deposits and location on the West Rand of the Gauteng province.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Randfontein 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeCenterOf Mogale City Local Municipality ⓘ
climate subtropical highland climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
countryCallingCode +27 ⓘ
countrySubdivision Gauteng ⓘ
surface form: Gauteng province
demographics racially and linguistically diverse population ⓘ
economicHistory gold rush town of late 19th century ⓘ
elevation approximately 1700 metres above sea level ⓘ
establishedFor gold mining ⓘ
formerProvince Transvaal ⓘ
foundingDate 1887 ⓘ
governingBody Mogale City Local Municipality Council ⓘ
hasAttraction Krugersdorp Game Reserve ⓘ
Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden (nearby) ⓘ
hasFacility Krugersdorp Prison ⓘ
hasIndustry gold mining ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
uranium mining ⓘ
hasReligiousSite Ngwenya Glass Village (nearby cultural site) ⓘ
hasSportsFacility Krugersdorp Golf Course ⓘ
isUrbanAreaOf Pretoria–Witwatersrand–Vereeniging conurbation ⓘ
surface form: Gauteng urban conurbation
knownFor gold deposits ⓘ
historic mining town ⓘ
mining industry ⓘ
languageMajority Afrikaans ⓘ
English ⓘ
locatedIn Gauteng ⓘ
West Rand District Municipality ⓘ
surface form: West Rand
locatedNear Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Johannesburg
locatedOn West Rand goldfields ⓘ
mineralResource gold ⓘ
other base metals ⓘ
uranium ⓘ
municipality Mogale City Local Municipality ⓘ
namedAfter Paul Kruger ⓘ
partOf Pretoria–Witwatersrand–Vereeniging conurbation ⓘ
surface form: Greater Johannesburg metropolitan area

West Rand District Municipality ⓘ
postalCodeCountry ZA ⓘ
railwayConnectionTo Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Johannesburg
region West Rand District Municipality ⓘ
surface form: West Rand region of Gauteng
roadConnectionVia N14 highway ⓘ
R28 route ⓘ
timeZone Central Africa Time ⓘ
surface form: South African Standard Time
utcOffset +2 ⓘ

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

Gauteng → containsCity → Krugersdorp ⓘ
Yusuf Dadoo → placeOfBirth → Krugersdorp ⓘ
this entity surface form: Randfontein