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Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Jansenville is a town of 5,600 people (2011) in the Little Karoo region of South Africa. It is one of the biggest Mohair-producing regions in the world.
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It was erected by the British in 1901 during the Anglo-Boer War. It saw no action, but attests to the guerrilla activity in the area in that conflict.
Jansenville is 167 km north west of Port Elizabeth on the R75. It is 84 km south of Graaff-Reinet.
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