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Ingogo

Coordinates: 27°34′41″S 29°54′43″E / 27.578°S 29.912°E / -27.578; 29.912
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Ingogo
Ingogo is located in KwaZulu-Natal
Ingogo
Ingogo
Ingogo is located in South Africa
Ingogo
Ingogo
Coordinates: 27°34′41″S 29°54′43″E / 27.578°S 29.912°E / -27.578; 29.912
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictAmajuba
MunicipalityNewcastle
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
2944

Ingogo is a locality some 25 km north of Newcastle, site of a battle on 8 February 1881, during the First Anglo-Boer War, in which British casualties numbered 76 while Boer losses amounted to 8. The name is derived from that of the Ngogo River. The form iNgogo has been approved.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 222. Retrieved 28 August 2013.