Kokstad
Sign in to saveKokstad is a town in the Harry Gwala District Municipality of the KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Kokstad is named after the Griqua chief Adam Kok III who settled here in 1863. Kokstad is the capital town of the East Griqualand region, as it is also the biggest town in this region. It was built around Mount Currie, a local mountain range, by the town’s founder Adam Kok III, for whom the town is named. Stad is the Dutch and Afrikaans word for "city".
Key facts
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- Coloured
- Settlement.name
- Kokstad
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- Kokstad City Hall and Victorian Bandstand. (Cast Iron). Also Memorial to Cape Mounted Riflemen & Volunteers, East Griqualand. 1899 -1902. 03.jpg
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- Kokstad City Hall and Victorian Bandstand. Also visible is the Memorial to Cape Mounted Riflemen & Volunteers, East Griqualand.
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- South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa#Africa
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- Country
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- South Africa
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- Province
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- District
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- Harry Gwala
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- Municipality
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- Greater Kokstad
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- Main Place
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- Established
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- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 51.57
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1302
- Settlement.population_total
- 51561
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 51.57
- Elevation
- 1302
- Image
- View south of cluster housing on northern outskirts of Kokstad (1414850469).jpg
- Dialing code
- 039
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- inception
- 1869-01-01
- postal code
- 4700
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- Kokstad
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Kokstad is a town in the Harry Gwala District Municipality of the KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Kokstad is named after the Griqua chief Adam Kok III who settled here in 1863. Kokstad is the capital town of the East Griqualand region, as it is also the biggest town in this region. It was built around Mount Currie, a local mountain range, by the town’s founder Adam Kok III, for whom the town is named. Stad is the Dutch and Afrikaans word for "city".
The town is built on the outer slopes of the Drakensberg and is 1,302 m above sea level. Behind it Mount Currie rises to a height of 2,224 m.
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