Grahamstown, Cape Colony

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Grahamstown,_Cape_Colony
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:city
gptkbp:areaCode 046
gptkbp:country gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:currentName gptkb:Makhanda
gptkbp:founded 1812
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Grahamstown_(1819)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Grahamstown, Cape Colony
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Frontier_Wars
gptkb:1820_Settlers
gptkbp:language gptkb:Afrikaans
gptkb:Xhosa
English
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Cape_Colony
gptkbp:municipality gptkb:Makana_Local_Municipality
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:John_Graham
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:National_Arts_Festival
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Rhodes_University
gptkbp:population ~70,000 (as of 2011)
gptkbp:postalCode 6139
gptkbp:region gptkb:Eastern_Cape
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:SAST
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Basil_Schonland
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5