| 词条 | Nigel, Gauteng |
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| name = Nigel | pushpin_map = South Africa Gauteng#South Africa | coordinates = {{coord|26|25|13|S|28|28|6|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = South Africa | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Gauteng | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = Ekurhuleni | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | established_title = Established | leader_title = Councillor | area_footnotes = [1] | area_total_km2 = 139.07 | population_footnotes = [1] | population_total = 38318 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto | demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011) | demographics1_footnotes = [1] | demographics1_title1 = Black African | demographics1_info1 = 44.9% | demographics1_title2 = Coloured | demographics1_info2 = 16.7% | demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian | demographics1_info3 = 3.9% | demographics1_title4 = White | demographics1_info4 = 33.4% | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 = 1.1% | demographics_type2 = First languages (2011) | demographics2_footnotes = [1] | demographics2_title1 = Afrikaans | demographics2_info1 = 43.5% | demographics2_title2 = Zulu | demographics2_info2 = 23.3% | demographics2_title3 = English | demographics2_info3 = 16.1% | demographics2_title4 = Sotho | demographics2_info4 = 5.3% | demographics2_title5 = Other | demographics2_info5 = 11.8% | timezone1 = SAST | utc_offset1 = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code (street) | postal_code = 1491 | postal2_code_type = PO box | postal2_code = 1490 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = 011 }} Nigel is a small gold mining town in Gauteng Province, South Africa. The town is on the edge of the area known as the East Rand. BackgroundA farmer, shopkeeper and prospector, Petrus Johannes Marais, having read Sir Walter Scott's The Fortunes of Nigel at the time (see Nigel), formed the Nigel Gold Mining Company after the discovery of gold on the farm Varkensfontein in 1886.[5]{{rp|286}} The town, which grew around the mine, still bears names derived from Scott's book and its characters with the suburb of Glenvarloch and its streets derived from that source.[2]{{rp|286}} Today the town is focused primarily on mining and also has various heavy industries. The town became known as the setting of the popular Afrikaans-sitcom Vetkoekpaleis [3], a sitcom that revolves around the daily lives of staff members of the Vetkoekpaleis (a Vetkoek-themed fast-food restaurant). Nigel's municipal government became part of the much larger City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality following the creation of new local government structures in 2000, along with most of rest of the East Rand. On August 1, 2010, a fire at the Pieter Wessels old age home lead to the deaths of 22 people.[4] References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/797028 |title = Main Place Nigel |work=Census 2011}} 2. ^1 {{Cite book |title=The Tourist in South Africa |last=Conolly |first=Denis |publisher=Travel-Guide (PTY) LTD |year=1975 |asin=B0000E7XZN}} 3. ^{{Citation|title=Vetkoek-Paleis - S04E04|url=https://www.tvtime.com/en/show/84426/episode/2203281|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-13}} 4. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.buanews.gov.za/news/10/10080312451002|title=Four more residents die at old age home|date=3 August 2010|work=BuaNews Online|accessdate=3 August 2010}} External links{{commonscat}}
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