Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Schoemansdal (initially Zoutpansbergdorp) was a settlement situated 16km west of Louis Trichardt (Makhado), which had its origins during the Great Trek. It existed from 1848 to 1867, and functioned as the capital of an autonomous region until the S.A.R. Volksraad was established. The settlement was evacuated after only thirty years when attacked by Venda militants. After the S.A.R. reestablished control over the area in 1898, the former settlement was ignored and a new one started, at the present Makhado. Consequently Schoemansdal was the only Voortrekker settlement not to evolve into a modern town.. }
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- Schoemansdal,_Limpopo abstract "Schoemansdal (initially Zoutpansbergdorp) was a settlement situated 16km west of Louis Trichardt (Makhado), which had its origins during the Great Trek. It existed from 1848 to 1867, and functioned as the capital of an autonomous region until the S.A.R. Volksraad was established. The settlement was evacuated after only thirty years when attacked by Venda militants. After the S.A.R. reestablished control over the area in 1898, the former settlement was ignored and a new one started, at the present Makhado. Consequently Schoemansdal was the only Voortrekker settlement not to evolve into a modern town.".