Riebeek-Kasteel
Sign in to saveRiebeek-Kasteel () is one of the oldest towns in South Africa, situated at 80 km north-east of Cape Town in The Riebeek Valley together with its sister town Riebeek West. They set off in the direction of Paardeberg and on 3 February 1661 they ascended a lonely mountain and came upon the fertile vista of the Riebeek Valley. They named it Riebeek Kasteel, in honor of the Commander.
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Vinony's link graph records 83 inbound references to Riebeek-Kasteel, and connects out to English language, South Africa and Cape Town.
The entry is geolocated on the map in ZA, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in the Swartland Local Municipality.
Vinony links it to 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Riebeek-Kasteel
- Settlement.image_caption
- From top, an aerial view of the town. Left, view of the Dutch Reformed Church. Right, the Royal Hotel. Bottom, old shops in Riebeek-Kasteel.
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- South Africa Western Cape#South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Western Cape
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- West Coast
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Swartland
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Desiree Bess (DA)
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 6.39
- Settlement.population_total
- 1144
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- Swartland Local Municipality
- Elevation
- 126
- Image
- Winkels Riebeek-Kasteel.jpg
- Dialing code
- 022
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- postal code
- 7307
- Commons category
- Riebeek-Kasteel
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Encyclopedic overview
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Riebeek-Kasteel () is one of the oldest towns in South Africa, situated at 80 km north-east of Cape Town in The Riebeek Valley together with its sister town Riebeek West. They set off in the direction of Paardeberg and on 3 February 1661 they ascended a lonely mountain and came upon the fertile vista of the Riebeek Valley. They named it Riebeek Kasteel, in honor of the Commander.
Jan Smuts was born in Bovenplaatz, near Riebeek West, on 24 May 1870. Daniel Malan was born in 1874 in Riebeeck West. Both men later became prime ministers of South Africa.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Riebeek-Kasteel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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