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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 239. Not illustrated. Chapters: Soweto, Baldwin, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Mercury, Nevada, Kwamashu, Gimzo, Hakfar Hayarok, Handy Writers' Colony, Ein Beit Al-Ma', Balata, Nes Harim, Ein Hashlosha, Beit Meir, Neve Mivtah, Aida, Yanuv, Askar, Nir Eliyahu, Aminadav, Avigdor, Karmia, Heletz, Ahihud, Erez, Hodayot, Nir Etzion, Netiv Hashayara, Gan Sorek, Beit Ezra, Al-Arroub, Shuva, Emunim, Yoshivia, Yad Hana, Mesilat Zion, Ranen, Giv'ati, Even Sapir, Zeitan, Patish, Ganot, Mevo Beitar, Giv'at Ye'arim, Nahshon, Israel, Hemed, Bitha, Mahseya, Amikam, Azrikam, Bar Giora, Maslul, Naham, Goren, Yagel, Yashresh, Tifrah, Yatzitz, Peduim, Yakhini, Berekhya, Shtulim, Talmei Yafeh, Ofer, Eitanim, Ta'oz, Kokhav Michael, Tarum, Sovetsk, Tula Oblast, Agur, Israel, Tzelafon, Kfar Shmuel, Zrahia, Adanim, Beit Nehemia, Ya'ara, Ahi'ezer, Giv'at Ko'ah, Beit Shikma, Ora, Israel, Neve Yamin, Porat, Mata, Israel, Sho'eva, Yish'i, Zavdiel, Matzliah, Hadid, Elishama, Israel, Zekharia, Ahisamakh, Israel, Ganei Yohanan, Kfar Hasidim Bet, Zanoah, Ein Sarid, Haniel, Israel, Ben Zakai, Uza, Israel, Tlamim. Excerpt: Soweto - The history of African townships south west of Johannesburg that would later form Soweto was propelled by the increasing eviction of Africans by city and state authorities. Africans had been drawn to work on the gold mines that sprang up after 1886. From the start they were accommodated in separate areas on the outskirts of Johannesburg, such as Brickfields (Newtown). In 1904 British-controlled city authorities removed African and Indian residents of Brickfields to an "evacuation camp" at Klipspruit municipal sewage farm (not Kliptown, a separate township) outside the Johannesburg municipal boundary, following a reported outbreak of plague. Two further townships were laid out to the east and the west of Johannesburg in 1918. Townshi...
