Morgenzon
Sign in to saveMorgenzon (Dutch for morning sun) is a small farming town situated on the banks of the Osspruit River (Ox Stream) with an agricultural school in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. The town is 45 km south-west of Ermelo and 35 km south-east of Bethal.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Morgenzon is referenced by 69 other articles, and connects out to Bethal, South Africa and Dutch.
The entry is geolocated on the map in ZA, across 3 mapped points.
Vinony files it under 1912 establishments in South Africa, Intentional communities in South Africa and Populated places established in 1912.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Morgenzon
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- South Africa Mpumalanga#South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Mpumalanga
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Gert Sibande
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Lekwa
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 4.19
- Settlement.population_total
- 1893
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Racial makeup (2011)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- Lekwa Local Municipality
- Dialing code
- 017
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- inception
- 1912-01-01
- postal code
- 2315
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Morgenzon (Dutch for morning sun) is a small farming town situated on the banks of the Osspruit River (Ox Stream) with an agricultural school in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. The town is 45 km south-west of Ermelo and 35 km south-east of Bethal.
==History== The town was laid out in 1912 on the farm Morgenzon and has been administered by a village council since 1920. Named after the farm, Morgenzon is Dutch for ‘morning sun’. It was established around the Marnico Hotel which was built in 1912 on a wagon stopover between Standerton and Ermelo, Mpumalanga.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Morgenzon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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