Which African national currency is named after a town that played an important role in the history of the country?

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Which African national currency is named after a town that played an important role in the history of the country?

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Last updated Jun 12 2023.
Originally posted May 24 2023 1:52 PM.

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Eritrea's currency is the Nakfa subdivided into 100 cents. Nakfa is also a town roughly 180 km north of Asmara, the country's capital. In 1977, the Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front (EPLF) took Nakfa from the Ethiopians in its first major victory on the way to indepedence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrean_nakfa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakfa,_Eritrea

Jun 12 2023, 3:10 PM

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The South African Rand.

https://www.resbank.co.za/en/home#:~:text=South%20Africa's%20currency%20is%20called,country's%20gold%20deposits%20were%20found.

May 24 2023, 4:37 PM

Answer 2

The rand takes its name from the Witwatersrand ("white waters' ridge" in English, rand being the Dutch and Afrikaans word for 'ridge'), the ridge upon which Johannesburg is built and where most of South Africa's gold deposits were found.

No town involved. The Witwatersrand is an escarpement, 56 kilometers long.

Which African national currency is named after a town that played an important role in the history of the country?

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