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Centurion, South Africa. / 25.86028°S 28.18944°E / -25.86028; 28.18944. Centurion (previously known as Verwoerdburg and before that Lyttelton) is an area with 236,580 inhabitants (2011 census) in the Gauteng Province of South Africa, between Pretoria and Midrand. Formerly an independent municipality, with its own town council, it has ...
Centurion tanks redesigned and rebuilt by South Africa with the help of Israel; considered the best indigenous tank design on the African continent. The name 'Olifant derives from the Afrikaans word for 'elephant' - being a heavy animal and indicating the heaviest combat vehicle in the South African Army.
Pages in category "Suburbs of Centurion, Gauteng". The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Irene was the site of one of the more than forty concentration camps where the British imprisoned the Boer (Afrikaner) women and children, whose homes had been destroyed as part of the British Army's 'scorched earth' policy during the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). [2]
35 mph (56 km/h) (Mk.1A, Mk.1B, Mk.2) The Olifant ( Afrikaans for Elephant) is the primary main battle tank of South Africa. It was developed from the British Centurion tank since 1976. These tanks were heavily redesigned and rebuilt by South Africa since 1976 with some help from Israel. The Olifant is considered the best indigenous tank design ...
Eldoraigne is a residential suburb east of Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa. References. South Africa portal This page was last edited on 27 April 2022, at ...
Erasmia is a suburb in the northern outskirts of Centurion in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.Originally a whites-only area under apartheid, increasing numbers of Indians from neighbouring Laudium moved in, following the abolition of segregation in the early 1990s, and the construction of a direct link road between the two areas.
M31 (Pretoria) The M31 road is a metropolitan route in the City of Tshwane in Gauteng, South Africa. It connects the southern suburbs of Centurion, from the Rietvlei Nature Reserve to Rooihuiskraal via Irene and Highveld. [1] [2] [3] [4]