Taung
Taung is a town of 18,000 people in the North West Province. Taung is mainly known for its cultural background and holding cultural events such as the annual Cultural Calabash.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Village with about 18,300 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,120 metres (3,670 feet)
- …is also known as “Taungs”
- Description: town in North West Province, South Africa
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Latitude
-27.5533° or 27° 33′ 12″ south
Longitude
24.7663° or 24° 45′ 59″ east
Open location code
5G46CQW8+MG
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OpenStreetMap feature
place = village
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Taung” goes by many names.
TaungAfrikaans
تونغArabic
ԹաունգArmenian
TaungAsturian
TaunqAzerbaijani
塔翁Chinese
TaungDutch
تونجEgyptian Arabic
TaungNorwegian Bokmål
TaungPedi
TaungPolish
TaungRomanian
ТаунгRussian
ТaунгSerbian
ТаунгSerbian
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