Colesberg
Sign in to saveColesberg is a town with 17,354 inhabitants in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, located on the main N1 road from Cape Town to Johannesburg.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Colesberg
- Settlement.other_name
- Koolsberg in Afrikaans orthography
- Settlement.image_caption
- Top:Dutch Reformed Church, middle left: Coniston House, right: Main Street, bottom left: Horse and Mill, right: Kemper Museum.
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- South Africa Northern Cape#South Africa#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
- Umsobomvu
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1830
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 174.84
- Settlement.population_total
- 16869
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- Umsobomvu Local Municipality
- Elevation
- 1369
- Capital of
- Umsobomvu Local Municipality
- Shares border with
- Philippolis
- Image
- Colesberg Main Street.jpg
- Dialing code
- 051
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- Commons category
- Colesberg
- inception
- 1830-01-01
- postal code
- 9795
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Notable people
- Cityscape
- Architecture
- Society and culture
- Museums, monuments and memorials
- Economy
- See also
- References
- External links
Colesberg is a town with 17,354 inhabitants in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, located on the main N1 road from Cape Town to Johannesburg.
In a sheep-farming area spread over half-a-million hectares, greater Colesberg breeds many of the country's top merinos. It is also renowned for producing high-quality racehorses and many stud farms, including one owned by renowned golfer, Gary Player, are nearby.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Colesberg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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