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Swartruggens

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Swartruggens is a small farming town in North West Province, South Africa that was established in 1875.

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Vinony's link graph records 90 inbound references to Swartruggens, and connects out to North West, South Africa and Dutch.

The entry is geolocated on the map in ZA, across 3 mapped points.

It is catalogued under topics including Populated places established in 1875 and Populated places in the Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality.

Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Swartruggens
Settlement.image_skyline
Swartruggens, North West, South Africa (20538859071).jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Ou Stasie in Swartruggens
Settlement.pushpin_map
South Africa North West#South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
North West
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Bojanala Platinum
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Kgetlengrivier
Settlement.subdivision_type4
Main Place
Settlement.established_title
Established
Settlement.established_date
1875
Settlement.leader_title
Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2
10.74
Settlement.population_total
1969

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
mountain range
Located in
North West
Elevation
1403
Image
Swartruggens, North West, South Africa (20538859071).jpg
Dialing code
014
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postal code
2835
inception
1875-00-00
Commons category
Swartruggens
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Encyclopedic overview

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Swartruggens is a small farming town in North West Province, South Africa that was established in 1875.

==Location== The town is located on the Elands River, 69 km east of the town of Zeerust, 56 km west of the city of Rustenburg and 34 km north-west of Koster. It is on the N4 road.

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

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