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Oudtshoorn · Alexandria

Place · 1857 CE

Oudtshoorn

Also known as

I-Oudtshoorn
Оудсхорн
Оудсхурн
Օուդսհորն
אאודטסהורן
اوڈٹشورن

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This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

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in countrySouth Africa1910 CE
birthplace ofFrancois Plaatjies1986 CE
birthplace ofGlenton Stuurman1992 CE
birthplace ofGurshwin Rabie1983 CE
birthplace ofKabamba Floors1980 CE
birthplace ofMarcello Piedt1992 CE
birthplace ofStephanus Petrus le Roux1891 CE
birthplace ofWillim Welsyn1984 CE

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