Coligny is a maize farming town situated next to the railway line between Kimberley and Johannesburg in North West Province of South Africa. Species Zea diploperennis Zea luxurians Zea nicaraguensis Zea perennis References ITIS 42268 2002-09-22 Sorting Zea names This article is about the staple food. ... A street in Ynysybwl, Wales, relatively stereotypical of a small town A town is usually an urban area which is not considered to rank as a city. ... Kimberley is a town in South Africa, and the capital of the Northern Cape. ... Johannesburg skyline at night with the Crown Interchange in the foreground Johannesburg is the most populous city in South Africa and the second most populous city in Sub-Saharan Africa, behind Lagos. ... Categories: South Africa stubs | North West Province | Provinces of South Africa ...
It was founded as Treurfontein (spring of sadness) but renamed to Coligny in 1923, after the Huguenot leader, Admiral Gaspard de Coligny. 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... In the 16th and 17th centuries, the name of Huguenots came to apply to members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France. ... Gaspard de Coligny (February 16, 1519 – August 24, 1572), Seigneur (Lord) de Châtillon, admiral of France and Protestant leader, came of a noble family of Burgundy. ...
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At first sight, Coligny gives the impression of being just another dusty, windswept village - forgotten in the mists of time and bypassed by modern life.
With the last sitting of the parliament of the old Transvaal Republic, before the Union of SouthAfrica was formed in 1910, General Koos de la Rey, representing Lichtenburg, managed to get his proposal accepted for the railway line to be extended from Welverdiend in the east through Coligny, to Lichtenburg and south to Delareyville.
The silo in the middle of town and next to the station is the first vertical silo to be built in the North West Province and is seen as a symbol of one of the richest maize growing regions in SouthAfrica.
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