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Rooigrond (South Africa)

URI(s)

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2009012237

Codes

f-sa---

Variants

Roodegrond (South Africa)
Vrywilligersrus (South Africa)
Heliopolis (South Africa)

Identifies LC/NAF RWO

http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/no2009012237

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cno2009012237#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

Rooigrond Label from public data source Wikidata

Sources

found: Rooigrond (2525 DD), 1996

found: GEOnet, Jan. 28, 2009(Rooigrond, North-West; ppl; 25°55'00"S 025°48'00"E; variant: Roodegrond)

found: New dictionary of South African place names, 2004:p. 326 (Rooigrond; hamlet 16 km south-east of Mafikeng and 25 km south-west of Ottoshoop; formerly known as Vrywilligersrus and Heliopolis. Part of the region Rooigrond, ceded to Boer volunteers under Adriaan de la Rey by Tswana chiefs in the 1880s, became the republics of Goshen and Stellaland)

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Change Notes

2009-01-28: new
2020-05-15: revised

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