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has gloss | eng: The Huguenot Tunnel is a toll tunnel near Cape Town, South Africa. It extends the N1 national road through the Du Toitskloof mountains that separate Paarl from Worcester, providing a route that is safer, faster (between 15 and 26 minutes) and shorter (by 11 km) than the old Du Toitskloof pass travelling over the mountain. |
lexicalization | eng: Huguenot tunnel |
instance of | e/Western Cape |
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has gloss | afr: Die Hugenotetonnel in die provinsie Wes-Kaap is met 'n lengte van 3,9 kilometer die langste padtonnel in Suid-Afrika en die suidelike halfrond. Die toltonnel is op 18 Maart 1988 deur die destydse Staatspresident Pieter Willem Botha geopen en word ter ere van die Franse Hugenote só genoem. In die jaar van die tonnel se opening vier Suid-Afrika die koms van die Franse setlaars in 1688. |
lexicalization | afr: Hugenotetonnel |
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geo loc | geographic location -33.73388888888889 19.09638888888889 |
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