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Germiston

Germiston (jûr'mistun) [key], city (1991 pop. 171,541), Gauteng, NE South Africa, on the Witwatersrand. The chief industries are gold mining and processing and the manufacture of liquid oxygen; other chemicals, machinery, textiles, and clothing are also produced. Germiston is South Africa's most important railroad hub.

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