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Patensie is a town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Patensie lies along the R331 road just south of Noorshoek. The Kouga Dam is located several kilometres to the west. The name is Khoi in origin, and means "fatty" alluding to the significant wealth of Indigenous Khoikhoi people the Dutch robbed. The town is a centre for the citrus, tobacco, and vegetable farms in the area.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Patensie
Settlement.image_skyline
Kouga-Patensie_signboard-001.JPG
Settlement.image_caption
Signboard on the R331 outside Patensie
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South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Eastern Cape
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Sarah Baartman
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Municipality
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Kouga
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Main Place
Settlement.established_title
Established
Settlement.established_date
1858
Settlement.leader_title
Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2
6.23
Settlement.population_total
5263

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Patensie is a town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Patensie lies along the R331 road just south of Noorshoek. The Kouga Dam is located several kilometres to the west. The name is Khoi in origin, and means "fatty" alluding to the significant wealth of Indigenous Khoikhoi people the Dutch robbed. The town is a centre for the citrus, tobacco, and vegetable farms in the area.

==References==

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

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