Kinross, Mpumalanga
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kinross
| pushpin_map = South Africa Mpumalanga#South Africa
| coordinates = {{coord|26|25|S|29|05|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = South Africa
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Mpumalanga
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Gert Sibande
| subdivision_type3 = Municipality
| subdivision_name3 = Govan Mbeki
| subdivision_type4 = Main Place
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 1915
| leader_title = Councillor
| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/866004 |title = Main Place Kinross |work=Census 2011}}
| area_total_km2 = 6.45
| population_total = 15246
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)
| demographics1_title1 = Black African
| demographics1_info1 = 77.2%
| demographics1_title2 = Coloured
| demographics1_info2 = 6.5%
| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian
| demographics1_info3 = 8.9%
| demographics1_title4 = White
| demographics1_info4 = 5.8%
| demographics1_title5 = Other
| demographics1_info5 = 1.7%
| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)
| demographics2_title1 = Zulu
| demographics2_info1 = 38.1%
| demographics2_title2 = English
| demographics2_info2 = 12.9%
| demographics2_title3 = Afrikaans
| demographics2_info3 = 9.9%
| demographics2_title4 = Sotho
| demographics2_info4 = 6.9%
| demographics2_title5 = Other
| demographics2_info5 = 32.2%
| timezone1 = SAST
| utc_offset1 = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)
| postal_code = 2270
| postal2_code_type = PO box
| postal2_code = 2270
| area_code_type = Area code
| area_code = 017
}}
Kinross is a small gold mining town in Mpumalanga, South Africa with four gold mines in the region. Village on the watershed between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, between Devon and Trichardt, 42 km west of Bethal, 19 km east of Leslie and about 70 km north-north-east of Standerton.
History
Proclaimed a village in December 1915, it acquired municipal status about 1965. Named after Kinross in Scotland, some say by engineers constructing the Springs-Breyten railway, others by the surveyor of the town.{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=249}}
Kinross mining disaster
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An underground fire started by an acetylene tank caused the death of 177 miners on 16 September 1986.{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/16/newsid_2519000/2519297.stm | title=1986: Kinross Miners 'killed where they stood' | work=BBC | date=16 September 1986 | accessdate=2 July 2017}} Another 235 miners were injured in the incident, one of the largest mining incidents in South Africa.{{cite web | url=http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/more-170-mineworkers-are-killed-kinross-mine-south-africa | title=More than 170 mineworkers are killed at Kinross Mine, South Africa | publisher=SAHistory.org.za | accessdate=30 March 2015}}
References
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{{Gert Sibande District Municipality}}
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Category:Populated places in the Govan Mbeki Local Municipality