Kakamas
Sign in to saveKakamas is a town founded in 1898 and located in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, on the banks of the Orange River.
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It sits within the topics 1898 establishments in the Cape Colony, Karoo and Populated places established in 1954.
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- Locality
- Kai !Garib Local Municipality
- Region
- Northern Cape
- Country
- South Africa
- Population
- 9,538
- Timezone
- Africa/Johannesburg
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kakamas
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kakamas-Water wheel-001.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- A water wheel in Kakamas
- 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
- ZF Mgcawu
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Kai !Garib
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1898
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 4.55
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 670
- Settlement.population_total
- 9538
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 664
- Image
- Kakamas-Water wheel-001.jpg
- Dialing code
- 054
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- Commons category
- Kakamas
- inception
- 1898-01-01
- postal code
- 8870
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Economy
- Name origins
- Schools
- Notes
- External links
Kakamas is a town founded in 1898 and located in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, on the banks of the Orange River.
Originated as at a place where the Orange River could be relatively easily crossed. The spot was first known as Bassonsdrif. In 1898 a proper settlement was established and under the auspices of the Dutch Reformed Church the area was developed as an agricultural spot. It became a municipality in 1954.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kakamas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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