Tarkastad
Sign in to saveTarkastad is a Karoo semi-urban settlement situated on the banks of Tarka River in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Tarkastad is on a plain to the north of the Winterberg mountain range on the R61 between Cradock and Komani and only three hours from Gqeberha. The name Tarkastad is believed to come from the Khoi-Khoi word Traka (meaning women) or the Celtic word Tarka (meaning otter) and the Afrikaans word Stad (meaning city). The fact that the town is overlooked by Martha and Mary; two peaks which look like two women resting after a hard day's work, also lends to the name.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tarkastad
- Settlement.image_caption
- Clockwise from top: The main street in Tarkastad in 2012, Dutch Reformed Church, Tarkastad, Nature around Tarkastad, World War I Memorial.
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- South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South Africa
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Eastern Cape
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- District
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- Chris Hani
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- Municipality
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- Enoch Mgijima
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- Main Place
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- Established
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- Councillor
- Settlement.population_total
- 1,604
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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- Racial Makeup (2011)
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- Black African
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 83.5
- Elevation
- 1300
- Image
- Tarkastad straattoneel.jpg
- Dialing code
- 045
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- Tarkastad
- inception
- 1862-01-01
- postal code
- 5370
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Tarkastad is a Karoo semi-urban settlement situated on the banks of Tarka River in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Tarkastad is on a plain to the north of the Winterberg mountain range on the R61 between Cradock and Komani and only three hours from Gqeberha. The name Tarkastad is believed to come from the Khoi-Khoi word Traka (meaning women) or the Celtic word Tarka (meaning otter) and the Afrikaans word Stad (meaning city). The fact that the town is overlooked by Martha and Mary; two peaks which look like two women resting after a hard day's work, also lends to the name.
==History==
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