Graaff-Reinet

E182362

Graaff-Reinet is a historic town in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, known as one of the country’s oldest settlements and a center of early Afrikaner history.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
climate semi-arid climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
demographicsGroup predominantly Coloured and White communities ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
elevation approximately 750 metres above sea level ⓘ
formerMunicipalitySeatOf Camdeboo Local Municipality ⓘ
foundedBy Cape Colony government ⓘ
linked to: Cape Colony

Dutch East India Company ⓘ
foundedIn 1786 ⓘ
governedBy Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality ⓘ
hasMuseum Anglo-Boer War Memorial sites ⓘ
Old Residency Museum ⓘ
Reinet House ⓘ
Urquhart House Museum ⓘ
heritageStatus important heritage town in Eastern Cape ⓘ
historicalRole center of early Afrikaner history ⓘ
frontier town of the Cape Colony ⓘ
isOneOf oldest towns in South Africa ⓘ
knownFor Dutch Reformed Church in the town center ⓘ
Reinet House Museum ⓘ
historic Cape Dutch architecture ⓘ
large number of national monuments ⓘ
languageMajority Afrikaans ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Cape ⓘ
Karoo region ⓘ
linked to: Karoo

Sarah Baartman District Municipality ⓘ
municipalitySeatOf Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality ⓘ
namedAfter Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff ⓘ
Hester Cornelia Reinet ⓘ
near Camdeboo National Park ⓘ
Valley of Desolation ⓘ
officialLanguage Afrikaans ⓘ
English ⓘ
partOf South Africa ⓘ
postalCode 6280 ⓘ
provinceCapitalOf none ⓘ
region Great Karoo ⓘ
linked to: Karoo
religionHistorical Dutch Reformed Church stronghold ⓘ
river Sundays River NERFINISHED ⓘ
subdivisionType town ⓘ
timeZone South African Standard Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Africa Time
touristAttraction Valley of Desolation viewpoints ⓘ
historic church square ⓘ
transport lies on the N9 national route ⓘ
UTCOffset +2 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andries Pretorius → placeOfBirth → Graaff-Reinet ⓘ
Karoo → majorTown → Graaff-Reinet ⓘ
Robert Sobukwe → placeOfBirth → Graaff-Reinet ⓘ
Andries Hendrik Potgieter → placeOfBirth → Graaff-Reinet ⓘ
subject linked to: Potgieter
R61 route → passesThrough → Graaff-Reinet ⓘ
N9 national route → connectsCity → Graaff-Reinet ⓘ
N9 national route → passesThroughTown → Graaff-Reinet ⓘ
Hendrik Willem Burger → placeOfBirth → Graaff-Reinet ⓘ
Robert Sobukwe → burialPlace → Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa ⓘ
subject linked to: Sobukwe
linked to: Graaff-Reinet
R61 regional route → connects → Graaff-Reinet ⓘ
N9 national road → passesThrough → Graaff-Reinet ⓘ
N9 national road → connectsTown → Graaff-Reinet ⓘ
Camdeboo National Park → nearestCity → Graaff-Reinet ⓘ
N9 road → passesThrough → Graaff-Reinet ⓘ
Hester Cornelia Reinet → associatedWith → Graaff-Reinet ⓘ
Reinet House Museum → locatedIn → Graaff-Reinet ⓘ
Dutch Reformed Church in the town center, Graaff-Reinet → locatedIn → Graaff-Reinet ⓘ
Valley of Desolation → nearestCity → Graaff-Reinet ⓘ
Valley of Desolation → hasViewOf → Graaff-Reinet ⓘ
Reinet House → locatedIn → Graaff-Reinet ⓘ
Old Residency Museum → locatedIn → Graaff-Reinet ⓘ
Urquhart House Museum → locatedIn → Graaff-Reinet ⓘ
Urquhart House Museum → regionServed → Graaff-Reinet community ⓘ
linked to: Graaff-Reinet
Camdeboo Local Municipality → seat → Graaff-Reinet ⓘ
Camdeboo Local Municipality → governed → Graaff-Reinet area ⓘ
linked to: Graaff-Reinet
R63 road → passesThrough → Graaff-Reinet ⓘ
Anton Rupert → placeOfBirth → Graaff-Reinet, South Africa ⓘ
linked to: Graaff-Reinet