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Town in North West Province, South Africa
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Taung is a town of 18,000 people (2011) in the North West Province. Taung is mainly known for its cultural background and holding cultural events such as the annual Cultural Calabash.
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Location of the Taung Child fossil find, an archaeological site as well as abandoned apartheid mine. Hiking trail present.
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