Danielskuil

Daniëlskuil is a town in ZF Mgcawu District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

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The entry is geolocated on the map in ZA, across 2 mapped points.

It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in the Kgatelopele Local Municipality.

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Settlement.name: Daniëlskuil die kuile
Settlement.image_skyline: Second Dutch Reformed Church, Danielskuil.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Second Dutch Reformed Church, Danielskuil
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: ZF Mgcawu
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Kgatelopele
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Main Place
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.leader_title: Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2: 174.63
Settlement.population_total: 13597
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011

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Elevation: 1468
Image: NG kerk Daniëlskuil.jpg

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Commons category: Danielskuil
postal code: 0877

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Daniëlskuil is a town in ZF Mgcawu District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

==Description== The settlement is north-west of Kimberley and north-east of Postmasburg. It takes its name from a cone-shaped depression deep in the dolomitic limestone; with a domed covering, reminiscent of the biblical ‘Daniel in the lions' den’ (, ‘hole’, ‘pit’). The Griqua leader Adam Kok is said to have used this depression as a prison, and to also have kept snakes in it. The area was famous because of the Griqua Chief who ruled there by the name of Barend Barends. Barend Barends was the son of a “half-Hottentot Dutchman” and one of the most important leaders along the turbulent northern frontier of the Cape Colony from 1790 to 1834. He was one of the first chiefs of the Griqua tribe, an indigenous Khoi group. A book, Barend Barends - Die Vergete Kaptein van Danielskuil, has been recently published about his story.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Danielskuil” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.