Klerksdorp (zaf)

Klerksdorp

Klerksdorp ranks 5,165th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Carcarañá, Bethany, and Petersburg, Virginia. Memorable people born in Klerksdorp include Desmond Tutu, Eben Dönges, and Phil Masinga. Memorable people who died in Klerksdorp include Piet Cronjé, and Frank Wild. Klerksdorp has been the birth place of many religious figures, and politicians and the death place of many military personnels, and explorers. Klerksdorp is located in South Africa.

Klerksdorp is located in the North West Province, South Africa. Klerksdorp is located 165 km (103 mi) southeast of Mahikeng, the provincial capital. Klerksdorp was also the first capital of the then Transvaal Republic and used to be the home of the first Stock Exchange in the region. It became an important trading town linking Kimberley to Johannesburg. It became home to a mix of farmers, miners and immigrants servicing the two industries. It was then located there because of availability of water and climate change. Read more on Wikipedia