Springs, Transvaal, South Africa

E624091

Springs, Transvaal, South Africa is a mining and industrial town east of Johannesburg, notable as the birthplace of Nobel Prize–winning writer Nadine Gordimer.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mining town
town
birthplaceOf Nadine Gordimer NERFINISHED
country South Africa
hasEconomicActivity industrial production
manufacturing sector
mining
hasFeature industrial zones
mining infrastructure
urban residential areas
hasNameOrigin named after natural springs in the area
hasTransport railway connections to Johannesburg
road links to Johannesburg
historicalFunction industrial hub
mining center
historicalRegion Witwatersrand NERFINISHED
knownFor chemical industry
coal mining
gold mining
heavy industry
manufacturing
metal processing
languageMajority Afrikaans
English
locatedEastOf Germiston NERFINISHED
Johannesburg NERFINISHED
locatedIn East Rand NERFINISHED
Gauteng Province NERFINISHED
Greater Johannesburg metropolitan area NERFINISHED
Highveld NERFINISHED
former Transvaal Province NERFINISHED
locatedNear Brakpan NERFINISHED
Nigel, South Africa NERFINISHED
locatedOn East Rand goldfields NERFINISHED
notableResident Nadine Gordimer NERFINISHED
partOf Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality NERFINISHED
regionType urban area
timeZone Central Africa Time
surface form: South African Standard Time
UTCOffset +2

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Nadine Gordimer placeOfBirth Springs, Transvaal, South Africa
Bob Hepple placeOfBirth Springs, Transvaal, South Africa