Britstown
Sign in to saveBritstown is a small farming town situated in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, in the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, Emthanjeni Local Municipality. The town is named after Hans Brits who settled here after he accompanied David Livingstone on a venture into the interior.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Britstown
- Settlement.image_skyline
- StadtBritstown.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Church in Britstown
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- South Africa Northern Cape#South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northern Cape
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Pixley ka Seme
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Emthanjeni
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 62.6
- Settlement.population_total
- 5145
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Inception
- 1 January 1877
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- Emthanjeni Local Municipality
- Area
- +62.6
- Elevation
- +1130
- Shares border with
- Strydenburg
- Image
- StadtBritstown.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
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- Notable people
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- External links
Britstown is a small farming town situated in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, in the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, Emthanjeni Local Municipality. The town is named after Hans Brits who settled here after he accompanied David Livingstone on a venture into the interior.
Britstown lies in the heart of the Central Karoo and is located exactly halfway between Cape Town (via Three Sisters) and Johannesburg (via Kimberley) on the N12 national route, and thus is about 700 km from both cities. The N10 national route crosses the N12 500m outside the town. De Aar is the closest big town and lies 50 km East from Britstown on the N10.