Hartbeespoort
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Hartbeespoort (informeel ook bekend als Harties) is een dorpje gelegen in de gemeente Madibeng in de Zuid-Afrikaanse provincie Noordwest. Het ligt tussen de Magaliesberg en de oevers van het stuwmeer gevormd door de . De lokale economische activiteit in het gebied bestaat voornamelijk uit landbouw en toerisme.
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Hartbeespoort è una cittadina ed una località di villeggiatura sudafricana situata nella provincia del Nordovest a circa 30 chilometri a ovest di Pretoria, la capitale esecutiva del Paese.
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Hartbeespoort, informally also 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. Schoemansville, named after , a Boer General in the Anglo-Boer War, who owned the farm that the Hartbeespoort Dam was built on, is the oldest neighbourhood of Hartbeespoort. Some of the main tourist attractions in or around the town are:
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Hartbeespoort, informally also 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. Schoemansville, named after , a Boer General in the Anglo-Boer War, who owned the farm that the Hartbeespoort Dam was built on, is the oldest neighbourhood of Hartbeespoort. Hartbeespoort is the collective name of a few smaller towns situated around the Hartbeespoort Dam, including the towns of , , , Schoemansville and Kosmos. The town consists of holiday homes and permanent residences around the dam as it is popular with visitors from nearby Gauteng Province. It is home to the Om Die Dam (English: Around the dam) ultra marathon of 50 km, which takes place annually in the first half of the year. Some of the main tourist attractions in or around the town are:
* The Hartbeespoort Dam wall and tunnel
* The Hartbeespoort Dam Snake Park
* The Hartbeespoort Dam Aquarium
* Hartbeespoort Aerial Cableway (the longest monocableway in Africa)
* Transvaal Yacht Club
* Oberon Leisure Resort
* Welwitchia Country Market
* The Elephant Sanctuary Hartbeespoort Dam
* Bush Babies Monkey Sanctuary
* Lion and Safari Park reserve
* Harties horse trail safaris
* Chameleon Village Van Gaalens Cheese Farm produce cheese. They give tours. Van Gaalens is famous for its mountain bike trails and it has held the Nissan Mountain Bike series. More recently it has also hosted some stages of the Warrior Races. Greenleaves is a wedding venue that has a Coffee Shop and a Hairdresser. Greenleaves holds annual HAWS (Hartbeespoort Animal Welfare Society) ball in November. HAWS is situated on the Van Der Hoff road and welcomes visitors. Many schools have outings here and children are encouraged to pet the animals, clean cages and assist where possible. HAWS may provide letters of social community service should children require them. They have fund-raising events. Other leisure-oriented venues around the dam include -Pecanwood Golf Estate, Hartbeespoort Boat Club (near Kosmos), Sandy Lane Golf Club (at Caribbean Beach Club), Kosmos Marina Club, Magalies Park (estate and golf club). A number of other leisure developments and resorts are in progress. In 2010 the Hartbeespoort Aerial Cableway was completely revamped and modernised and officially reopened on 14 August 2010 by Minister of Tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk. Hartbeespoort is part of the Madibeng Local Municipality, that also includes the nearby town of Brits. Despite the semi-rural setting of the Hartebeespoort environs, it is ranked by the World Health Organization as the most polluted city in South Africa in terms of airborne particulates, with air pollution levels roughly twice that of Vereeniging, a heavily industrialised city south of Johannesburg.
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Hartbeespoort (informeel ook bekend als Harties) is een dorpje gelegen in de gemeente Madibeng in de Zuid-Afrikaanse provincie Noordwest. Het ligt tussen de Magaliesberg en de oevers van het stuwmeer gevormd door de . De lokale economische activiteit in het gebied bestaat voornamelijk uit landbouw en toerisme.
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