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Ohigstad is a small town to the north of Lydenburg in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. The town and a fort was established by a group of Voortrekkers under the leadership of Andries Potgieter with the help of a Dutch benefactor Georgius Ohrig. The settlers where soon decimated by malaria and forced to abandon the area. Settlers only returned once the disease was under control. Lydenburg is a town in Mpumalanga, South Africa. ... Mpumalanga, (name changed from Eastern Transvaal in 24 August 1995, is a province in South Africa. ... The Voortrekker Monument built in 1949. ... Andries Hendrik Potgieter (1792 - 1852) was a South African Boer political figure. ... Red blood cell infected with Malaria (Italian: bad air; formerly called ague or marsh fever in English) is an infectious disease which in humans causes about 350-500 million infections and over 1 million deaths annually, mainly in the tropics and sub-Saharan Africa. ...


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Routes Travel Info Portal: Ohrigstad (82 words)
Ohrigstad is named after a Dutch merchant in Holland, George Ohrig, who supported the poineer group (i.e.
Ohrigstad was founded in 1845 by Andries Hendrik Potgieter.
Ohrigstad was only resettled in the 1900s when the malaria plague was controlled.
Ohrigstad Home Page (344 words)
Ohrigstad village and -valley nestles in the foothills of the Drakensberg Mountains, at close proximity to the Blyde River Canyon, God's Window and Potholes.
Ohrigstad is situated between the; 24°32’ and 24°55’ longitudes and the 28°32’ and 28°42’ latitudes on an altitude of 1,166m above sea level.
Ohrigstad is surrounded by a diverse agricultural community due to the fertile nature of the valley producing from citrus to seed maize and vegetables.
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