Klerksdorp is located in the North West Province, South Africa.
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13 Facts About Klerksdorp
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Klerksdorp was the first capital of the then Transvaal Republic and used to be the home of the first Stock Exchange in the region.
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Klerksdorp gave plots of land and communal grazing rights on this farm to other Voortrekkers in return for their labour in building a dam and an irrigation canal.
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Klerksdorp was connected by rail to Krugersdorp on 3 August 1897 and to Kimberley in 1906.
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Today Klerksdorp is celebrated as the birthplace of Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu on October 7,1931.
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Klerksdorp received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his work towards "a democratic and just society without racial divisions".
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Klerksdorp somehow managed to rise beyond pettiness and division to bring all these forces together with displaced native peoples in places such as this creating an international role model.
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Klerksdorp was later awarded multiple worldwide honours for his achievements in the reconciliation of the ethnic and cultural divisions in the history of his country.
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Klerksdorp has a semi-arid climate, with warm to hot summers and cool, dry winters.
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Apart from mining, Klerksdorp is positioned as a notable medical, retail and educational centre for North West Province and Northern Free State.
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Klerksdorp district is a major contributor to South African agriculture; maize, sorghum, groundnuts and sunflower are important crops farmed in the district.
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Klerksdorp has the largest agricultural co-op in the southern hemisphere, named 'Senwes'.
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Harry Oppenheimer Stadium situated between Klerksdorp and Vaal River Operations is a popular sports field for some of the bigger schools' athletics competitions.
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