Melmoth (Q656049)

Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Melmoth is a small town situated in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The town was established in the Mthonjaneni district after the annexation of Zululand by the British Empire in 1887 and was named after Sir Melmoth Osborn, the resident commissioner of Zululand's "Reserve Territory". Large wattle plantations were set up and a wattle bark factory was established in 1926. The district is also planted with sugar cane from the outskirts of the town and into the surrounding villages. The government-funded hospital in Melmoth is St Marys kwaMagwaza Hospital that caters for the people of Melmoth and surrounding villages.

Summary from Afrikaans / Afrikaans Wikipedia (afwiki)

Melmoth is 'n dorp in die ooste van Suid-Afrika, in die provinsie van KwaZulu-Natal. Die dorp is in 1888 gestig en genoem na Melmoth Osborn. Melmoth is omtrent 200 km vanaf Durban. Wattelbome word op groot skaal in die omgewing geplant sodat die bas in 'n fabriek verwerk kan word. Die fabriek is in 1926 gebou.

Wikidata location: -28.5833, 31.3833 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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node: Melmoth (OSM), 1.69 km from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Melmoth
is_in: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
place: town
source: sagns
sagns_id: 105677
wikidata: Q656049
wikipedia: en:Melmoth, KwaZulu-Natal
wikimedia_commons: Category:Melmoth

wikidata match: Q656049
node: Melmoth town (OSM), 1.69 km from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Melmoth town
place: town
description: Melmoth is a small town situted in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

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Populated places established in 1887 boundary=administrative, landuse=residential, place, admin_level
Populated places in the Mthonjaneni Local Municipality boundary=administrative, landuse=residential, place, admin_level