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BARBERTON , a See also: town of the See also: Transvaal, 283 M. by See also: rail (175 m. in a See also: direct See also: line) E. of See also: Pretoria and 136 m
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W.N.W. of Delagoa See also: Bay
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Pop
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(1904) 2433, of whom 1214 were whites
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Barberton lies 2825 ft. above the See also: sea and is built on the See also: side of a valley named De Kaap, from a bold headland of the Drakensberg which towers above it
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The chief town of a See also: district of the same name, it owes its existence to the See also: discovery of gold in the Kaap valley, and See also: dates from 1886
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There are several See also: fine public buildings grouped mainly round President Square
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The town is connected with the Lourenco Marques-Pretoria trunk railway by a branch line, 35 M. long,- which runs N.E. through fine mountainous country and joins the See also: main line at Kaapmuiden
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During the war of 1899–1902 the Boers were driven out of Barberton (13th of See also: September 1900) by General (afterwards See also: Sir See also: John) French
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