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Griekwastad | |
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 Road in Griekwastad | |
  Griekwastad  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[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 77.74 km2 (30.02 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• 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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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. The town is on the N8 road in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa 168 kilometres (104 mi) by road[3] west from the city of Kimberley. It was the first town to be established in the country north of the Orange River.
- ^ Robson, Linda Gillian (2011). "Annexure A" (PDF). The Royal Engineers and settlement planning in the Cape Colony 1806–1872: Approach, methodology and impact (PhD thesis). University of Pretoria. pp. xlv–lii. hdl:2263/26503.
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Griekwastad". Census 2011.
- ^ Distances from Griekwastad