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Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging (South Africa)

LC control no.no 95037436
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Geographic headingPretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging (South Africa)
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Variant(s)Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vaal (South Africa)
Province of Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging (South Africa)
PWV
See alsoTransvaal (South Africa)
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Gauteng (South Africa)
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Special noteSUBJECT USAGE: This heading is not valid for use as a subject. Works about this place are entered under Gauteng (South Africa)
Found inProvincial statistics. Part 7, Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging, 1994: verso of t.p. (hdg. on South African CIP record: PWV (South Africa))
Economist, Apr. 23-29, 1994: p. 22 (PWV (Pretoria-Witswatersrand-Vaal), one of the nine new provinces of South Africa)
Phone call to BGN, 3 Aug. 1995 (official name: Province of Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging)
Not found inInvesting in KwaZulu-Natal, 1996: p. 1 (South Africa is divided into nine provinces [including] Gauteng); Columbia gaz. (Transvaal, former province, NE Republic of South Afr. As a result of its greater pop. and wealth, it was divided into 4 smaller provs; namely North-West, Gauteng, Northern, and Mpumalanga provs.); Web. geog. (Transvaal; earlier, as independent state, South African Republic. Former province, NE Rep. of South Africa. History: Estab. as South African Republic 1856; annexed by British 1877-81; rebellion of Boers 1880-81 and restoration of republic 1881; as Transvaal annexed by British 1900 and later made crown colony; granted self-government 1906; joined Union (now Rep.) of South Africa 1910. Ceased to exist as an administrative entity 1994 and roughly split into Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga) and Northern Transvaal (now Northern) provs.)
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