Kathu (South Africa)
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| Coordinates | 27 ° 42 ′ S , 23 ° 3 ′ E | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
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| District | John Taolo Gaetsewe | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-NC | ||
| local community | Gamagara | ||
| height | 1230 m | ||
| Residents | 11,510 (2011) | ||
| founding | 1974 | ||
| Website | www.kathu.co.za (English) | ||
Kathu is a city in the Gamagara municipality , John Taolo Gaetsewe District , Northern Cape Province in South Africa . It is located at an altitude of 1230 meters above sea level and in 2011 had 11,510 inhabitants.
Founded in 1974, Kathu ( city under the trees after the camel thorn trees in the area) received city status in 1979. The closest cities are Postmasburg and Olifantshoek Nord , each around 50 kilometers away.
Economically, the city thrives on mining , the Yster en Staal Korperasie van Suid Afrika (Yskor) operates here Sishen -Grube, one of the world's largest iron ore mining sites in the open pit . Huge special trucks transport loads of up to 170 tons. Some of the longest heavy haul transport trains in the world run on the Sishen – Saldanha railway line, which was specially built for ore removal .
A number of prehistoric tools have been found in the vicinity of the city, documenting the settlement of the area for around 750,000 years. Stone spikes from the Kathu Pan 1 archaeological site found near the city in 1979 and 1982 have been dated to around 500,000 years ago. They may have served as spearheads, making them the oldest composite weapons of their kind.
See also
Web links
- The City website (English)
- SA-Explorer: Map of Kathu
- Abstract from Kathu townlands; a high density earlier stone age locality in the interior of South Africa. (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census , accessed November 18, 2013
- ^ Transnet Freight Rail, Willem Kuys: Heavy Haul Operations in South Africa. The Coal Line: Profiles. Conference presentation IHHA 2011, Calgary, Canada. on www.ihha.net, PDF document p. 7–8 ( Memento of October 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English; PDF)
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↑ Jayne Wilkins et al .: Evidence for Early Hafted Hunting Technology. In: Science . Volume 338, No. 6109, 2012, pp. 942–946, doi: 10.1126 / science.1227608
Spears with stone points 500,000 years ago , in: Süddeutsche.de, November 16, 2012.