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Kaapsehoop
Sign in to saveKaapschehoop or Kaapsehoop is a village situated in Mpumalanga province (formerly Eastern Transvaal) of South Africa.
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- town
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- Mbombela Local Municipality
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- Dialing code
- 013
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- Kaapsehoop
- postal code
- 1203
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Kaapschehoop or Kaapsehoop is a village situated in Mpumalanga province (formerly Eastern Transvaal) of South Africa.
It is situated 1640 m (5380 ft.) above sea level on the Drakensberg Highveld escarpment, about 28 km from Mbombela (also known as Nelspruit), the capital of Mpumalanga. The name of the village was derived from gold discoveries in and around the area. The find created hope for the early inhabitants of the De Kaap Valley (The Cape Valley) below, it offered the chance of attaining great wealth.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kaapsehoop” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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