Lions River (Q13035272)

Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Lions River is a town in uMngeni Local Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, situated between Lidgetton and Howick in the center of the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. Its name originates from the last lion which was shot in the area in 1856.

Summary from Afrikaans / Afrikaans Wikipedia (afwiki)

Leeurivier is 'n klein dorpie in die KwaZulu-Natal Middeland, Suid-Afrika. Die dorpie is 8 km wes van Howick, aan die westekant van die N3 nasionale pad, naby die gelyknamige rivier. Daar was eens op 'n tyd baie leeus in die omgewing. Die laaste leeu is in 1856 by St. Ives, wes van die dorp geskiet.

Wikidata location: -29.4700, 30.1550 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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node: Lions River (OSM), 443 m from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Lions River
is_in: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
place: hamlet
source: sagns
sagns_id: 100590
wikidata: Q13035272

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