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Dannhauser is a former coal mining town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Cattle and sheep farming take place in the district. The town of Dannhauser was named after Renier Dannhauser, a German settler, who purchased the farm Palmietfontein from the Natal Government in 1872. It was proclaimed a village in 1937.

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Settlement.area_code
034
Settlement.name
Dannhauser
Settlement.pushpin_map
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
KwaZulu-Natal
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Amajuba
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Dannhauser
Settlement.subdivision_type4
Main Place
Settlement.established_title
Established
Settlement.leader_title
Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2
8.9
Settlement.population_total
5389
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto

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Dannhauser is a former coal mining town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Cattle and sheep farming take place in the district. The town of Dannhauser was named after Renier Dannhauser, a German settler, who purchased the farm Palmietfontein from the Natal Government in 1872. It was proclaimed a village in 1937.

Contemporary Dannhauser covers five farms, namely Tweediedale, Gleneagles, Rocky Branch, Cornwall and Klipkuil. Durnacol housing is relatively cheap now as the coal mines there are redundant.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dannhauser” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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