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Paarl

(pärl), city, part and seat of Drakenstein local municipality, Western Cape prov., S South Africa, on the Berg River. It is the center of South Africa's wine industry and of a tobacco-growing region. Canned foods, jams, textiles, and cigarettes are important products. Paarl was founded in 1687 by Dutch farmers, and in 1690 French Huguenots settled there. It is the site of a teachers college and of a commercial college.

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Paarl

a city in the Republic of South Africa, in the southwest of Cape of Good Hope Province. Population including suburbs, 48,600 (1970). The city is connected by railroad with Cape Town. Founded in 1690, Paarl is the center of an important agricultural area. The city has industries producing wine and spirits, jam, canned fruit, and tobacco products. There are also sawmilling and textile-manufacturing enterprises. Paarl has a climatic health resort.

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By BRIAN YONGAThe 2015 World Javelin champion Julius Yego will take part in the third and final Athletix Grand Prix Meeting at the Dal Josaphat Stadium in Paarl, South Africa on March 22, 2018.The 2016 Rio Olympic Games silver medallist joins a growing list of global superstars who will be competing on South African soil.

Julius Yego to start 2018 season in South Africa

A study of infants in Paarl, South Africa, suggests that antenatal exposure to indoor air pollution and tobacco smoke are the predominant risk factors for lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) and wheezing illnesses in infants.

Antenatal exposure to indoor air pollution and tobacco smoke associated with wheezing in infants

VICTOR Verster Prison, Paarl, South Africa. February 11, 1990.

The day 'it seemed like the whole world was rejoicing' Today marks the 25th anniversary of anti-apartheid campaigner Nelson Mandela's release from prison in South Africa after 27 years of confinement. Joanne Atkinson spoke to figures from Welsh life about their memories of that day, and the great man himself..

Minh said: "All the money raised is to support teachers and pupils of our linked school from New Orleans, Paarl, South Africa so that the students there would be able to visit our school.

Signing and singing is in the bag for Whitley pupils

Paarl, South Africa A century from Hashim Amla helped South Africa rack up more than 300 runs in the first match of their One Day International series against Sri Lanka yesterday.

Amla ton powers Proteas

To date, such international celebrities as Harald Wohlfahrt (Baiersbronn), Dieter ME-ller (Bergisch Gladbach), Frank Zlomke (Paarl, South Africa), Daniel Boulud (New York) and Paul Bocuse (Lyon) have been engaged as Lufthansa "Star Chefs".

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1990: After more than 27 years in jail, Nelson Mandela walked to freedom from Victor Verster Prison, near Paarl, South Africa.

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1990: After 27 years in prison, Nelson Mandela walked to freedom from Victor Verster Prison, near Paarl, South Africa.

Anniversaries

Paarl Heights Chenin Blanc 2000, Paarl, South Africa (pounds 3.99)

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Cape Town, South Africa, January 15, 2014 --(PR.com)-- Tentickle Stretch Tents (http://www.tentickle.co.za/) continues its tradition of providing shade and shelter from the high temperatures at the Light and Love psytrance party in Paarl, South Africa on the 21st December, 2013.

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Emergency medicine in Paarl, South Africa: a cross-sectional descriptive study.

Reasons why patients with primary health care problems access a secondary hospital emergency centre

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