Copperton (Q5168855)

  • matcher place: Siyathemba Local Municipality (relation 82034)
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  • English Wikipedia categories: Former populated places in South Africa, Northern Cape geography stubs, Populated places disestablished in 1991
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Copperton was a mining town in the central Karoo region of South Africa. As a copper and zinc-mining area, Copperton saw its heyday between 1970 and the end of the 20th century, when it housed about 3,000 workers and their families; amenities included a school and recreation facilities, including a golf course.

Summary from Afrikaans / Afrikaans Wikipedia (afwiki)

Copperton is 'n voormalige myndorpie in die Karoogebied van die Noord-Kaap. Dis geleë in die Pixley ka Seme-distriksmunisipaliteit en die Siyathemba Plaaslike Munisipaliteit, met sy setel op Prieska.

Wikidata location: -29.9167, 22.3000 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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way: Copperton Village (OSM), 214 m from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Copperton Village
landuse: residential
node: Copperton (OSM), 0.81 km from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Copperton
is_in: Northern Cape, South Africa
place: village
source: sagns
sagns_id: 91095
wikidata: Q5168855
wikipedia: en:Copperton

wikidata match: Q5168855

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Former populated places in South Africa boundary=administrative, landuse=residential, place, admin_level
Populated places disestablished in 1991 boundary=administrative, landuse=residential, place, admin_level