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Hectorspruit
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Hectorspruit, officially Emjejane, is a small farming town situated between Kaapmuiden and Komatipoort on a southern tributary of the Crocodile River in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The farms in the region produce sugarcane, subtropical fruit and vegetables. The stream is named after a dog belonging to S de Kock, chief surveyor of the Pretoria - Delagoa Bay railway line.
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It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in the Nkomazi Local Municipality.
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- Instance of
- town
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- Nkomazi Local Municipality
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- Hectorspruit.JPG
- Dialing code
- 013
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- postal code
- 1330
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Hectorspruit, officially Emjejane, is a small farming town situated between Kaapmuiden and Komatipoort on a southern tributary of the Crocodile River in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The farms in the region produce sugarcane, subtropical fruit and vegetables. The stream is named after a dog belonging to S de Kock, chief surveyor of the Pretoria - Delagoa Bay railway line.
Hamlet some 30 km west of Komatipoort and 80 km north-east of Pigg's Peak. The hamlet is named after a tributary of the Crocodile River, the Hectorspruit, which is said to take its name from a hunting dog that died there after being bitten by a tsetse fly.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hectorspruit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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