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	Routes Travel Info Portal: Beaufort West
		Beaufort West lies on the bgorder of the Karoo National Park.
		The district of Beaufort was proclaimed on 27 November 1818.
		Beaufort West became a municipality in 1836.The first bank was established by John Charles Molteno, who latyer became Prime Minister of the Cape.
	www.routes.co.za /wc/beaufortwest (189 words)

	Beaufort West - Karoo - Western Cape South Africa
		The town of Beaufort West in the Western Cape of South Africa was founded in 1818 on the Karoo farm of Hooivlakte at the foot of the Nuweveld Mountain Range.
		Beaufort West was the first town to become a municipality and was connected to the telegraph line in 1875.
		Beaufort West ’s greatest son, Dr Christiaan Barnard was the first man to perform a heart transplant in 1967, in Groote Schuur Hospital.
	www.drakensberg-tourism.com /beaufort-west.html (409 words)

	IOL: The taming of the wild in Beaufort West (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It's the wild, wild west in Beaufort West and it's not surprising, seeing that in the old days the town was considered isolated and deserted enough for rebels and outlaws to be banished to it.
		Beaufort West is the home of the Western Cape's first provincial government sponsored hydroponics project, covering 5 800m2 of greenhouses that grow and supply herbs such as basil and coriander to major retailers.
		Beaufort West is at the heart of the Central Karoo - one of the so-called "Presidential Nodes" earmarked for large-scale economic and infrastructure development.
	www.int.iol.co.za /index.php?set_id=14&click_id=420&art_id=vn20050228104220695C197722 (1559 words)

	Walkabout - Beaufort
		Beaufort is located on the Western Highway, 158 km north-west of Melbourne, between Ballarat and Ararat.
		Radical activist, labour leader and poet, Bernard O'Dowd was born at Beaufort in 1866, although his attempts to set up a local school failed as his free-thinking, skeptical attitude to conventional religiosity and wayward spiritualism were unpopular.
		Beaufort is quite an historic town but there is little information that is readily available on the town's heritage buildings.
	www.walkabout.com.au /fairfax/locations/VICBeaufort.shtml (1364 words)

	Beaufort West, South Africa
		Beaufort West, oldest town in the Central Karoo, lies in an ancient area, inhabited for centuries first by swamp creatures and later by Man. Some of the world's most interesting Stone Age sites have been discovered nearby.
		Beaufort West became the first municipality in South Africa in February, 1837, and, of course, had the first town hall in the country.
		Beaufort West as a base to explore and enjoy the magic that is the great Karoo.
	www.heritage.org.za /karoo/beau.htm (1471 words)

	Beaufort West (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Beaufort West lies in the heart of the Great Karoo, in the centre of the world’s largest plateau of its kind outside Asia.
		This ancient area, where the history of the earth’s development over the last 280-million years is clearly captured in rocks, is considered a wonder of the scientific world and one of the world’s richest stone-age sites.
		Beaufort West can be reached by crossing the breathtaking Swartberg Pass which today is a national Monument, or alternatively through the spectacular Mieringspoort or the Seven Weeks Passes.
	www.wcape.school.za /niko/beaufort.htm (396 words)

	Beaufort West district (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Beaufort West is the oldest town in the Central Karoo and its municipality, proclaimed in 1837, is the oldest in South Africa.
		With modern road and rail links, Beaufort West is ideally situated as a central base from which to explore the Great Karoo and passes of the Swartberg Mountains.
		The Nelspoort Sanatorium, officially opened by the Prince of Wales in 1925, was considered to be one of the finest TB hospitals in the world.
	www.centralkaroo.co.za /beaufortwestarea.htm (278 words)

	Beauford West Karoo Information Accommodation in Beaufort West, Karoo - South Africa
		Professor Chris Barnard, who performed the first heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town on December 3rd 1967, was born in Beaufort West.
		As the first municipality proclaimed in South Africa in 1837, Beaufort West has the oldest Town Hall in the country.
		The role played by various church denominations in the history of Beaufort West is depicted and in the vestry there is an exhibition of guns and leather clothes.
	www.info-beaufortwest.co.za (481 words)

	Beaufort - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		NOTE: Beaufort is also a small village in Blaenau Gwent, Wales, UK.
		The name Beaufort originates because the soil in the area was owned by the Duke of Beaufort.
		The Welsh name for Beaufort, 'Cendle', survives in street names in Beaufort and Cwm (south of Ebbw Vale).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beaufort (232 words)

	Beaufort West, Western Cape, South Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Beaufort West lies south of a ridge of hills between two rivers, the Gamka and Kuils, and to the north the Nuweveld Mountains with 230-million years old rocks.
		Beaufort West is a typical "platteland" town with a rich, romantic history.
		Beaufort West’s mid-town schools have a novel way to raise funds - they are now using an extinct giant creature to a new product.
	www.beaufortwestsa.co.za (1351 words)

	Sunday Times - news - 09 Sep 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Chris, in contrast, welcomed the Beaufort West town council's decision to honour its connection with the Barnard family, and supported a proposal to build a museum dedicated to his family.
		She, too, recalled the unhappiness that the Barnard family felt in Beaufort West more than 50 years ago but said that, unlike his younger brother, her former husband had been able to reconcile himself with the town.
		But, she said, there was "more to [Marius's] bitterness than his childhood memories of Beaufort West", and that other members of the Barnard family had long known about a strained relationship between the brothers.
	www.suntimes.co.za /2001/09/09/news/news01.htm (797 words)

	Beaufort West Central Karoo Welcome
		Welcome to Beaufort West, the heart of the Great Karoo, South Africa.
		In its distant corner on the plains of the Great Karoo, the town of Beaufort West sits on the edge of the cradle of creation.
		Beaufort West, a town that is a journey of discovery.
	www.tiscover.co.za /za/guide/28de,en/objectId,RGN115za/home.html (150 words)

	Beaufort West Western Cape South Africa
		He arranged for it to be named in honour of his father, the fifth Duke of Beaufort.
		Today, a typical "platteland" town with a rich, romantic history Beaufort West welcomes visitors who wish to study its fascinating ecology.
		Professor Chris Barnard the famous heart surgeon is honoured in three historic buildings, all national monuments, which make up Beaufort West’s museums.
	www.beaufortwest.com (284 words)

	Welcome to South Africa
		The capital of the Central Karoo, also referred to as the 'Oasis of the Karoo', Beaufort West is on the N1 at the foot of the Nuweveld Mountains.
		At the railway bridge, the blockhouse was built during the Anglo-Boer War in 1901 to guard the rail.
		Just north of Beaufort West, the park was proclaimed in 1979 to conserve the unique vegetation, animal and birdlife and the fossil treasures of the Central Karoo.
	www.southafrica.net /index.cfm?SitePageID=72&PlaceID=799 (241 words)

	SMMEs: Launch of Beaufort West Hydroponics Company set to contribute to job creation and econo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) is one of the leading research and development, technology and innovation institutions in Africa.
		The June 2003 launch of the Beaufort West Hydroponics Company, funded by the PAWC Departments of Social Services and Poverty Alleviation and Economic Development and Tourism, looks set to make a major contribution to job creation and economic development amongst previously disadvantaged communities in the area.
		Beaufort West Municipality has played a pivotal role in stimulating the development of the town by providing land and basic services for the project.
	www.csir.co.za /plsql/ptl0002/PTL0002_PGE038_ARTICLE?ARTICLE_NO=7127977 (322 words)

	PDN -- Delosperma 'Beaufort West'
		For the well drained rock garden, Delosperma 'Beaufort West' is a real cutie.
		D. 'Beaufort West' doesn't appreciate summer rains and high humidity, but in our gravel scree, does manage to come back year after year.
		'Beaufort West' is an unidentified species which was collected from high alpine elevations near the town of Beaufort West in the Niewveld Mountains (South African Karroo).
	www.plantdelights.com /Catalog/Spring/Detail/05873.html (134 words)

	Beaufort, SC : Introduction \| Frommers.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Introduction to Beaufort, SC Some 30 miles north of Hilton Head Island, Beaufort (Low Country pronunciation bew-fort) is an old seaport with narrow streets shaded by huge live oaks and lined with 18th-century homes.
		Beaufort has been used as a setting for several films, including The Big Chill.
		Beaufort Chamber of Commerce, 1106 Carteret St. (P.O. Box 910), Beaufort, SC 29901 (tel.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/beaufortsc/1799010001.html (506 words)

	Central Karoo Western Cape Welcome Cape Karoo, Central Karoo, fossils, Karoo National park Laings
		Some of the worlds most important archaeological sites are located in the Central Karoo, particularly the Beaufort West and Nelspoort areas with their multitude of stone-age sites and Bushman petroglyths.
		Among them are South African writer Olive Schreiner and her husband Cron, once MP for Beaufort West, The countrys first premier, Sir john Charles Molteno, a scenic little pass built by Thomas Bain outside Beaufort West was named in his honor.
		Beaufort West has a variety of accommodation to meet any budget and for those who have a time to tarry a farm holiday in this unique world is an unforgettable experience.
	www.tourismcentralkaroo.co.za (331 words)

	AEGiS-Reuters: Poverty Is Political Challenge for S.Africa Gov't
		BEAUFORT WEST, South Africa (Reuters) - In the wind-swept, dusty town of Beaufort West in South Africa's Karoo semi-desert, a crowd of poor shanty-town dwellers assails the country's visiting social development minister.
		"Poverty is the main, main thing in South Africa," Skweyiya told Reuters on the way back from Beaufort West, where authorities say as many as two-thirds of the 35,000-odd population depend on state grants to survive.
		But the confusion and inefficiency leads to situations like the pleas of the Beaufort West poor.
	www.aegis.com /news/re/2003/RE030905.html (995 words)

	SAHRC Calls for Action on Child Sex Work in Beaufort West
		SAHRC research on economic and social rights in the area revealed that sex work in Beaufort West resembles an ‘organized social system’ that has become woven into the fabric of these poverty stricken communities as their means of survival.
		The SAHRC conducted a field study in Beaufort West Local Municipality from 12 —14 April 2005 as part of its constitutionally mandated monitoring of economic and social rights.
		§ Beaufort West has a significant mobile client base because of passing truckers and, when coupled with acute deprivation and poverty, this creates fertile ground for the exploitation of sex workers, in particular, underage sex workers.
	www.sahrc.org.za /sahrc_cms/publish/printer_136.shtml (495 words)

	Lemoenfontein Game Lodge - Accommodation in Beaufort West
		Lemoenfontein is an escape from the world at large, with beauty that defies description and a peace that invites visitors to return time and again.
		Situated just off the N1 between Johannesburg and Cape Town 2 kilometers from Beaufort West, Lemoenfontein is the perfect stop over to break the long journey between north and south.
		Lemoenfontein is situated 2km north of Beaufort West and 4.5 km off the N1 on the De Jager's Pass road.
	www.places.co.za /html/7785.html (276 words)

	Country Inns & Suites, Country Inn & Suites by Carlson Beaufort West: Closest - Powered By 10Best.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This 10,000 square foot museum is one of the largest in the southeast.
		This is one of those lovely spots in Beaufort to sit, relax and watch the tides ebb and flow or eye the yachts and sailboats lazily pass by.
		Taking a guided tour may be the best way to experience the comprehensive and colorful story that is Beaufort.
	www.radissondestinationguide.com /list.process/OID_f5gf3sd7/OLID_14377 (502 words)

	AllRefer.com - Beaufort West (South African Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Beaufort West (South African Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		The town has some light industry and is the trade and distribution center for nearby farms where sheep, grain, and fruit are raised.
		Beaufort West was founded in 1818 and in 1837 became the first municipality in South Africa.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/BeaufrtWst.html (163 words)

	Beaufort West
		Christiaan Barnard - Christiaan Barnard pioneering heart surgeon Born: 11/8/1922 Birthplace: Beaufort West, South Africa...
		Beaufort County, S.C., ready to extend Bluffton Parkway.
		History of the federal fisheries laboratory at Beaufort, North Carolina.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0806642.html (244 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| sa news Beaufort West manager in new row
		Beaufort West municipal manager Truman Prince was released on R200 bail on Thursday night after being arrested at the local police station following "outrageous behaviour", police reported.
		Captain Eddie Cronje said Prince appeared in the Beaufort West Magistrate's Court, and will reappear on May 11.
		Prince, a former mayor of Beaufort-West, was recently shown in a television documentary on child prostitution.
	iafrica.com /news/sa/397783.htm (244 words)

	The district (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Drives around Beaufort West reveal the beauty and splendour of the Karoo.
		Banksgate (Merweville - 150 km from Beaufort West)
		The area's other claim to fame are the Bushman engravings and the "bushman piano's" - stone gongs whose purpose was to imbue the site with a spiritual atmosphere and to help induce altered states of consciousness.
	www.beaufortwestsa.co.za /the_district.htm (261 words)

	Beaufort West Accommodation / Accommodation in Beaufort West, Karoo, South Africa
		KO-KA TSARA BUSH CAMP - Beaufort West Accommodation: Ko-Ka Tsara Bush Camp meaning "small bucks kloof" in Khoi, is set in the Nuweveld Mountains of the Great Karoo, 8km outside Beaufort West.
		OLIVE GROVE GUEST FARM - Beaufort West Accommodation: Olive Grove is suitable for all kinds of visitors - families, business travellers, romantics and those interested in the variety of activities the Karoo has to offer.
		DONKIN COUNTRY HOUSE - Beaufort West Accommodation: In a town with its historical buildings and old museum's you will find Donkin Country House, a comfortable, warm and affordable stay-over in Beaufort West.
	www.sa-venues.com /search/wc_beaufortwest.htm (298 words)

	Child sex rife in Beaufort West (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Children are being exploited as prostitutes in Beaufort West, a study by the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has found.
		The SAHRC conducted a field study in the Beaufort West Local Municipality in April this year.
		Research found that Beaufort West's economic and social integration is severely limited.
	www.suntimes.co.za /zones/sundaytimesNEW/topstories/topstories1117261894.aspx (219 words)

	SABCnews.com - south_africa/general
		The Beaufort West West Civic Association is supporting Truman Prince, the former mayor of Beaufort West, who was arrested on charges of "outrageous behaviour" yesterday.
		He said they are ordinary people from Beaufort West who were set up by people of Special Assignment, fed with liquour and dagga and that everything was staged.
		He said the women went to a mass meeting and told the community of Beaufort West what actually happened.
	www.sabcnews.com /south_africa/general/0,2172,102717,00.html (209 words)

	Beaufort West Accommodation, Beaufort West Hotels
		Karoo National Park is dominated by the lofty Nuweveld mountains and rolling plains, where many species that originally occurred here now occupy their former ranges.
		Besides the endemic wildlife, the Park is home to a wide variety of succulent plants, small reptiles and birds amongst them 20 breeding pairs of fl eagle.
		All you have to do is request a quote and we will gladly assist you, provide you with information and give you personal service from our call-centre in South Africa.
	www.bookinafrica.com /beaufort-west--hotels (125 words)

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