Fraserburg
Sign in to saveFraserburg is a town in the Karoo region of South Africa's Northern Cape province. It is located in the Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality. The town has some of the coldest winters in South Africa.
Key facts
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- Fraserburg
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- Top: skyline of Fraserburg at dusk. Left: the Dutch Reformed Church on the main street. Middle right: town's post office. Bottom right: a corbelled house built by Trekboers before the town was established.
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- South Africa Northern Cape#South Africa#Africa
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- Country
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- South Africa
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- Province
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- Northern Cape
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- District
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- Namakwa
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- Municipality
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- Karoo Hoogland
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- Main Place
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- Established
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- 98.88
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- 3029
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- 2011
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- Geography
- Climate
- Notable residents
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Fraserburg is a town in the Karoo region of South Africa's Northern Cape province. It is located in the Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality. The town has some of the coldest winters in South Africa.
The nearest towns are Williston, Sutherland, Loxton and Leeu-Gamka, all of which are more than 100 km distant.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fraserburg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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