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Charlestown is a small town situated at the top of Laing's Nek pass in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa between Newcastle and Volksrust. It started out as an important railway station and customs post between Natal and Transvaal in 1891 until the Union of South Africa came into being in 1910, and customs tariffs were abolished. It is named after Sir Charles Mitchell, governor of Natal. In 1927 the town was the site of one of South Africa's first mass-shooting instances when local farmer Stephanus Swart shot and killed 8 people.

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  • Charlestown ist ein südafrikanischer Ort in der Lokalgemeinde Newcastle im Distrikt Amajuba, Provinz KwaZulu-Natal. Im Jahre 2011 hatte er 4392 Einwohner mit 947 Haushalten. (de)
  • Charlestown is a small town situated at the top of Laing's Nek pass in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa between Newcastle and Volksrust. It started out as an important railway station and customs post between Natal and Transvaal in 1891 until the Union of South Africa came into being in 1910, and customs tariffs were abolished. It is named after Sir Charles Mitchell, governor of Natal. In 1927 the town was the site of one of South Africa's first mass-shooting instances when local farmer Stephanus Swart shot and killed 8 people. It became a dormitory suburb of Volksrust, just across the border in the Transvaal, and many black people bought freehold land in the town. During the 1960s, however, the apartheid policy of the government led to most of the black inhabitants being forcibly removed to Madadeni, near Newcastle, and Charlestown became a ghost town. (en)
  • Charlestown est une ville de la province du KwaZulu-Natal en Afrique du Sud, au sud de Volksrust. La population était de 3 401 habitants lors du recensement de 2001. (fr)
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  • Charlestown ist ein südafrikanischer Ort in der Lokalgemeinde Newcastle im Distrikt Amajuba, Provinz KwaZulu-Natal. Im Jahre 2011 hatte er 4392 Einwohner mit 947 Haushalten. (de)
  • Charlestown est une ville de la province du KwaZulu-Natal en Afrique du Sud, au sud de Volksrust. La population était de 3 401 habitants lors du recensement de 2001. (fr)
  • Charlestown is a small town situated at the top of Laing's Nek pass in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa between Newcastle and Volksrust. It started out as an important railway station and customs post between Natal and Transvaal in 1891 until the Union of South Africa came into being in 1910, and customs tariffs were abolished. It is named after Sir Charles Mitchell, governor of Natal. In 1927 the town was the site of one of South Africa's first mass-shooting instances when local farmer Stephanus Swart shot and killed 8 people. (en)
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  • Charlestown (Südafrika) (de)
  • Charlestown, South Africa (en)
  • Charlestown (Afrique du Sud) (fr)
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