Lichtenburg
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Lichtenburg is a town in South Africa’s North West Province, historically significant in the Second Anglo-Boer War and later known for its diamond discoveries and agricultural activity.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lichtenberg | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | town ⓘ |
| administrativeDivisionLevel | local municipality ⓘ |
| climate |
continental interior climate
ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ |
| country | South Africa ⓘ |
| countrySubdivisionType | town ⓘ |
| demographicContext | mixed urban and rural population ⓘ |
| distanceFromJohannesburg | approximately 230 km west ⓘ |
| distanceFromMahikeng | approximately 70 km southeast ⓘ |
| economicRole | regional agricultural service centre ⓘ |
| economicSector |
agriculture
ⓘ
light industry ⓘ retail services ⓘ |
| feature |
agricultural cooperatives
ⓘ
grain silos ⓘ surrounding farmlands ⓘ |
| governingBody | Ditsobotla Local Municipality Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPostApartheidStatus | part of North West Province since 1994 ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
Second Anglo-Boer War military activity in surrounding district
ⓘ
early 20th-century diamond rush ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | Second Anglo-Boer War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| infrastructure |
grain storage facilities
ⓘ
healthcare facilities ⓘ road connections to Mahikeng and Klerksdorp ⓘ schools ⓘ |
| knownFor |
agricultural activity
ⓘ
cattle farming ⓘ diamond discoveries ⓘ maize production ⓘ sunflower farming ⓘ |
| landUse |
commercial farming
ⓘ
rural residential areas ⓘ |
| languageMajority | Afrikaans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSignificant |
English
ⓘ
Setswana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North West Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South African interior ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Africa ⓘ |
| mineralResource | diamonds ⓘ |
| partOf | Ditsobotla Local Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| provinceCapitalOf | none ⓘ |
| region | Central North West Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central Africa Time
ⓘ
surface form:
South African Standard Time
|
| transport | regional road network ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +2 ⓘ |
| warInvolvementContext | Second Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality
subject surface form:
Lichtenburg
this entity surface form:
Lichtenberg
subject surface form:
Koos de la Rey