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Vereeniging

Southern Africa

Vereeniging is a city in Gauteng province, South Africa, where the Klip River meets a northern loop of the Vaal River. It was established in 1892 after coal was discovered on the Leeuwkuil farm in 1879, and grew into a major industrial center producing iron, steel, pipes, bricks, tiles and processed lime. The city gave its name to the Treaty of Vereeniging, signed there in 1902 to end the Second Boer War. Its 2020 population was about 99,000, and it sits within the Sedibeng district alongside several Eskom power stations that supply the region's goldmines.

Facts
Population
99,787 1
Area (sq km)
18,819 1
Founding Year
1892 1
Population Estimate Year
2011 1
Elevation (m)
1479 1
Latitude
26.673611 degrees south 1
Longitude
27.931944 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Highland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 2
Sources
1. Vereeniging (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +1892-01-01T00:00:00Z
  • P1082 (population)
    population 99,787 (2011)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude -26.673611, longitude 27.931944
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 1479 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 18819.0 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 99787 (2011)
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2. GeoNames: Vereeniging - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 944385
    -26.67313 27.92615 P PPLA2 ZA 06 DC42 GT421 474681 1445 Africa/Johannesburg
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 1445 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -26.75, 27.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -26.75, 27.75
-26.75 27.75 Cwa
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Vereeniging (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Southern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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