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Germiston , 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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