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  2. Hartbeespoort - Wikipedia

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    Hartbeespoort, informally known as "Harties", is a small resort town in the North West Province of South Africa, situated on slopes of the Magaliesberg mountain and the banks of the Hartbeespoort Dam. The name of the town means "gateway of the hartbees" (a species of antelope) in Afrikaans.

  3. List of cities in the Americas by year of foundation - Wikipedia

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    Oldest continuously inhabited English settlement in North America. Founded in 1613 as Bermuda City by Thomas Dale. 1614: Albany, New York: New York: United States: Oldest US settlement north of Virginia and second oldest state or territorial capital in the continental United States, incorporated 1686 1614 Sirinhaém: Pernambuco: Brazil

  4. List of North American settlements by year of foundation

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    Founded by a group led by William Houlton and John King. 1654: Pelham: New York: United States: Founded by Thomas Pell, who purchased 9,000 acres (14 sq mi) from the Siwanoy tribe and received a land grant from the English crown. 1655: Cap-Saint-Ignace: Quebec: Canada [24] 1655: Chelmsford: Massachusetts: United States: Founded by settlers from ...

  5. Category:North America map templates - Wikipedia

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    Templates that present a map or maps of North American areas. The pages listed in this category are meant to be function templates , i.e. templates that produce text, images or other elements . This page is part of Wikipedia's administration and not part of the encyclopedia.

  6. Hartbeespoort Dam - Wikipedia

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    Hartbeespoort Dam (also known as Harties) is an arch type dam situated in the North West Province of South Africa. It lies in a valley to the south of the Magaliesberg mountain range and north of the Witwatersberg mountain range, about 35 kilometres north west of Johannesburg and 20 kilometres west of Pretoria .

  7. Category:United States map templates - Wikipedia

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    [[Category:United States map templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:United States map templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character.

  8. Mitchell Map - Wikipedia

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    The Mitchell Map. The Mitchell Map is a map made by John Mitchell (1711–1768), which was reprinted several times during the second half of the 18th century. The map, formally titled A map of the British and French dominions in North America &c., was used as a primary map source during the Treaty of Paris for defining the boundaries of the newly independent United States.

  9. Cartography of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Maps of the New World had been produced since the 16th century. The history of cartography of the United States begins in the 18th century, after the declared independence of the original Thirteen Colonies on July 4, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War (1776–1783). Later, Samuel Augustus Mitchell published a map of the United States ...