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Ermelo is the educational, industrial and commercial centre of a 7,750m² districy in Mpumalanga Province of South Africa. Mixed farming and anthracite, coal and torbanite mining take place here. Ruins of a settlement dating 1400 are found in the area while Ermelo itself was founded by Dutch Reformed Church Reverend Cachet who was converted to christianity in the town of Ermelo in the Netherlands. The town was reduced to a single standing home by the British during the Boer War.
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