Griekwastad
Griekwastad | |
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Road in Griekwastad | |
| Coordinates: 28°51′S 23°15′E / 28.850°S 23.250°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | Pixley ka Seme |
| Municipality | Siyancuma |
| Established | 1812 |
| Area | |
• Total | 77.74 km2 (30.02 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 6,428 |
| • Density | 83/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 33.3% |
| • Coloured | 60.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.5% |
| • White | 3.8% |
| • Other | 2.2% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 95.4% |
| • Tswana | 2.3% |
| • Other | 2.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 8365 |
| PO box | 8365 |
| Area code | 053 |
| Historical states in present-day South Africa |
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| South Africa portal |
Griekwastad is a country town in South Africa. It is sometimes still called Griquatown (the meaning of the town's name in Afrikaans), a name which is now considered historical. On maps from the 1840s is the town also called "Karrikamma". or called ’Gatee t’Kamma according to the book The native races of South Africa.
The town is on the N8 road in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa 168 kilometres (104 mi) by road west from the city of Kimberley. It was the first town to be established in the country north of the Orange River.