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Utrecht does not only offer history to the tourist; the Balele
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Under the authority vested in me as Panda, King of the Zulus, I herewith declare that I have traded one portion of my land to the undersigned emigrants in exchange for one hundred head of cattle, which cattle I have received on this date and have given the land noted below as the everlasting property
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44:verification
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1495:eMadlangeni
1447:Charlestown
1186:Census 2011
1049:buildings.
989:(1981–1994)
983:(1979–1994)
977:(1977–1994)
971:(1976–1994)
965:(1910–1961)
959:(1806–1910)
957:Cape Colony
940:(1886–1891)
934:(1884–1888)
928:(1882–1883)
922:(1882–1885)
903:(1870–1871)
897:(1870–1880)
891:(1861–1879)
885:(1856–1860)
879:(1854–1858)
873:(1854–1902)
867:(1852–1902)
848:(1839–1843)
842:(1837–1848)
836:(1836–1844)
830:(1825–1861)
824:(1818–1897)
818:(1813–1871)
812:(1806–1910)
810:Cape Colony
806:(1802–1806)
787:(1795–1802)
785:Cape Colony
781:(1795–1796)
740:(1652–1795)
721:(1430–1760)
715:(1050–1270)
707:before 1600
593:Zulu people
570:King Mpande
544:mining and
467:Postal code
297:Established
291:eMadlangeni
244: /
1556:Categories
1531:Dannhauser
1518:Dannhauser
1357:Upingtonia
1347:Swellendam
1342:Stellaland
1161:2263/26503
1129:References
1111:Ian Knight
1065:Population
920:Stellaland
763:1780–1817)
679:Historical
562:Free State
558:Klip River
318:Population
232:30°19′48″E
229:27°39′36″S
107:April 2011
77:newspapers
1503:Groenvlei
1462:Newcastle
1439:Newcastle
1430:Newcastle
1352:Transvaal
1246:"Utrecht"
1203:"Utrecht"
914:1875–1900
859:1850–1875
798:1800–1850
751:1700–1800
732:1600–1700
529:Newcastle
492:Area code
450:Time zone
421:Afrikaans
1536:Durnacol
1457:Madadeni
1207:Archived
969:Transkei
767:Ndwandwe
469:(street)
357:Coloured
277:District
267:Province
1526:Cloneen
1508:Utrecht
1467:Ngagane
1367:Winburg
1124:, 2012.
1117:, 2008.
1077:Schools
834:Winburg
663:Tourism
552:History
536:Utrecht
513:Utrecht
501:Website
432:English
281:Amajuba
257:Country
206:Utrecht
176:Utrecht
138:Utrecht
91:scholar
1452:Ingogo
1307:Goshen
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987:Ciskei
926:Goshen
775:(1795)
682:states
591:; the
546:cattle
480:PO box
403:(2022)
368:Indian
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1147:(PDF)
981:Venda
585:Shaka
581:Natal
455:UTC+2
436:15.2%
425:54.2%
414:36.1%
387:50.5%
383:White
372:Asian
350:41.3%
326:5,290
98:JSTOR
84:books
1226:ISBN
646:The
564:and
542:Coal
485:2980
473:2980
459:SAST
444:4.5%
410:Zulu
395:1.1%
376:0.3%
361:6.9%
305:Area
300:1853
70:news
1157:hdl
496:034
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