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Encyclopedia Britannica



WAKKERSTROOM

This article appears in Volume V28, Page 250 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: VIR-WAT
WAKKERSTROOM , a town and
district
  of the Transvaal. The
district
  occupies
part
  of the S.E. of the Transvaal, being bounded S. by the Orange Free State and
Natal
 . The frontier line is in
part
  the
crest
  of the
Drakensberg
 . The town of Wakkerstroom, pop. (1904) 1402, lies 18 m. E. of
Volksrust
  and 4 M. N. of the
Natal
  frontier. It is built on the high veld, at an
elevation
  of 5900 ft., and possesses a bracing climate. The neighbouring hills rise over 7000 ft. The plain on which the town stands is drained by the
Slang
  and other tributaries of the
Buffalo
  affluent of the Tugela. The district, a fertile agricultural region, was organized as one of the divisions of the Transvaal in 1859 by President M. W: Pretorius, and after his
Christian
  names the town was called Marthinus-Wessel-Stroom, an unwieldy designation dropped in favour of Wakkerstroom. During the war of 188o-81 the town was unsuccessfully besieged by the Boers. In 1903 a small portion of the district was annexed to Natal.


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