Griquatown

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Griquatown

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:town
gptkbp:areaCode	053
gptkbp:country	gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:distanceFromKimberley	~150 km west
gptkbp:district	gptkb:Pixley_ka_Seme
gptkbp:featureType	near Orange River near Vaal River
gptkbp:founded	early 19th century
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	first town established by Griqua people site of first mission station north of the Orange River
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:South_Africa gptkb:Northern_Cape
gptkbp:mainLanguage	gptkb:Afrikaans gptkb:Tswana English
gptkbp:missionStationEstablishedBy	gptkb:London_Missionary_Society
gptkbp:municipality	gptkb:Siyathemba
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Griqua_people
gptkbp:notableLandmark	gptkb:Griquatown_Museum gptkb:Mary_Moffat_Museum gptkb:historic_mission_church
gptkbp:originalName	gptkb:Klaarwater
gptkbp:population	~7000
gptkbp:postalCode	8370
gptkbp:province	gptkb:Northern_Cape
gptkbp:renamed	gptkb:Griquatown
gptkbp:timezone	gptkb:SAST
gptkbp:utcOffset	+2
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Griquas
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Griquatown