Boskop
Boskop is a small village 16 km north of Potchefstroom. In 1913, the Boskop Man was found here, the first local anatomically modern human skull to be discovered.Boskop
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- Description: village in North West, South Africa
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Latitude
-26.56528° or 26° 33′ 55″ south
Longitude
27.12833° or 27° 7′ 42″ east
Open location code
5G59C4MH+V8
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OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Boskop” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Boskop”
- Asturian: “Boskop”
- Catalan: “Boskop”
- Dutch: “Boskop”
- Pedi: “Boskop”
- Spanish: “Boskop”
- Turkish: “Boskop”
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