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    Ohrigstad (Afrikaans for Ohrig city), formerly Andries Orieg Stad, is a small town to the north of Lydenburg in the Limpopo province, South Africa. A...
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    land office in Ohrigstad, granting Hoedspruit its first recognition and registration as a town and municipality. In the 1850s, Ohrigstad grew into the...
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  • Ohrigstad River is located in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The Ohrigstad River joins the Blyde River at the Blyderivierpoort Dam in the Blyde River Canyon...
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    driven by tourism, agriculture (specifically banana farming), and retail. Ohrigstad is a small town on the border of Mpumalanga and the Limpopo province....
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  • Ohrigstad Dam is a rockfill type dam located close to Ohrigstad in Mpumalanga, South Africa. It was established in 1955 and serves primarily for irrigation...
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    town's neighbouring towns are Mashishing (60 km), Steelpoort (16 km) and Ohrigstad (26 km). "Main Place Burgersfort". Census 2011. Fishing in Burgersfort...
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    between 1840 and 1845. Later, in 1845, he also founded Ohrigstad (originally named Andries-Ohrigstad after Potgieter himself and George Ohrig) as a trading...
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    the Ohrigstad River and enter the town of Ohrigstad. From the Ohrigstad Town Centre, the R36 heads southwards for 18 kilometres to cross the Ohrigstad River...
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  • Voortrekker Fort/Ohrigstad Fort was constructed before 1847 to act as a refuge for local Voortrekker families due to the constant attacks of local Bantu...
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    as the Lesotho Highlands. The grey rhebok hasn't been sighted in the Ohrigstad Dam Nature Reserve since 2013. The Afrikaans spelling of the species,...
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  • The reserve protects the Blyde River Canyon, including sections of the Ohrigstad and Blyde Rivers and the geological formations around Bourke's Luck Potholes...
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    Hendrik Potgieter after they had left their previous settlement near Ohrigstad in the North due to a malaria epidemic. The republic later, in 1857, joined...
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  • Ohrigstad Dam Nature Reserve Mpumalanga, Situated on the edge of the highveld plateau, the reserve covers an area of 2,400 ha around the dam which impounds...
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    land described in National Archives of South Africa R117/1846: "From Ohrigstad to the north till the Olifantsrivier, then downwards to the Delagoa Bay...
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  • through the Maitland area is completed The Voortrekker settlement of Ohrigstad is founded Natal becomes an autonomous district of Cape Colony Battle...
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    Stephanus Petrus Erasmus Trichard (23 January 1847, Ohrigstad - October 1907, Kenya) was a field cornet and Commander for the South African Republic (Zuid-Afrikaansche...
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    Groenewald announced on 3 April 2020 that Viljoen had died on his farm in Ohrigstad, Mpumalanga. He was 86 and was surrounded by his children. Viljoen died...
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    Klein Vrystaat Nieuwe Republiek Republic of Zoutpansberg Republic of Lydenburg Potchefstroom Nylstroom Ohrigstad...
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    Blyderivierpoort Dam Loskop Dam Middelburg Dam, on the Klein Olifants River Ohrigstad Dam De Hoop Dam Flag Boshielo Dam Phalaborwa Barrage Massingir Dam List...
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    leadership of Andries Potgieter when they abandoned their previous settlement Ohrigstad (to the north) due to a malaria epidemic. The town became the capital...
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    in the region. These disputes over land occurred after the founding of Ohrigstad in 1845, but after the town was incorporated into the Transvaal Republic...
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    White Fortifications of the Cape Peninsula Letterklip Lichtenstein Castle Pretoria Forts Johannesburg Fort Queen's Fort Elandsfontein Fort Ohrigstad Fort...
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    its demise in early 2012. A wild fig tree growing in Echo Caves near Ohrigstad, South Africa has roots going 120 m (400 ft) deep, giving it the deepest...
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    Winburg-Potchefstroom Republic. The Voortrekker Hendrik Potgieter founds Ohrigstad. Old Mutual is founded as a mutual insurance company by John Fairbairn...
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  • councillor in Limpopo from 1995 to 2011, first in the Eastern Tubatse–Ohrigstad transitional council from 1995 to 2000 and then in the Sekhukhune District...
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    Mpumalanga, South Africa. It also floods the lower reaches of the Blyde's Ohrigstad River tributary. The dam was completed in 1974. The 71 m high dam wall...
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  • The R555 is a Regional Route in South Africa that connects Springs with Ohrigstad via Delmas, Ogies, Witbank, Middelburg, Stoffberg and Burgersfort. The...
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    many settler enter into Ndzundza territory. With the establishment of Ohrigstad in 1845 just 120 km (75 mi) north east of the Ndzundza capital, Mabhokho...
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  • south as Mbombela (Nelspruit) including present day Graskop, Sabie and Ohrigstad. There are also a significant number of MaPulana living in Mabopane, Winterveld...
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  • Loskop Dam - Olifants River Middelburg Dam - Little Olifants River Ohrigstad Dam - Ohrigstad River Rhenosterkop Dam - Elands River Rust de Winter Dam - Elands...
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