Sterkstroom
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The entry is geolocated on the map in ZA, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Populated places established in 1875 and Populated places in the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sterkstroom
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Sterkstroom hoofstraat 2012.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- John Vorster-rylaan, Sterkstroom
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Eastern Cape
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Chris Hani
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Enoch Mgijima
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1875
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 21.1
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1355
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- Inkwanca Local Municipality
- Elevation
- 1355
- Image
- Sterkstroom hoofstraat 2012.jpg
- Dialing code
- 045
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- inception
- 1875-01-01
- postal code
- 5425
- Commons category
- Sterkstroom
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Coal mining
- Municipal infrastructure
- Religion and population
- References
- External links
Sterkstroom is a settlement in Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality of the Chris Hani District in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
The village is on the Hex River, at the southern foot of the Stormberg, 272 km north-west of East London. It was founded in 1875 and became a municipality in 1878. Afrikaans for ‘strong current or stream’, the name refers to the Hex River.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sterkstroom” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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