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Place in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Kokstad is a town in the Harry Gwala District Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Kokstad is named after the Griqua chief Adam Kok III who settled here in 1863. Kokstad is the capital town of the East Griqualand region, as it is also the biggest town in this region. It was built around Mount Currie, a local mountain range, by the city's founder Adam Kok III, for whom the town is named. Stad is the Dutch and Afrikaans word for "city". Kokstad has a population of about 50,000 people, making it the most populous town in East Griqualand, with most of its population being Xhosa people (Mpondo tribe). The town is built on the outer slopes of the Drakensberg and is 1,302 m above sea level. Behind it Mount Currie rises to a height of 2,224 m. It is a centre for cheese and other dairy products. Kokstad has the N2 Highway leading to the town's CBD. The R56 leads from Kokstad to Cedarville (45 Km), Matatiele (68 Km) and Maluti leading to the border of Lesotho. The R617 is also a bisecting route leading from Kokstad to Underberg (109 Km), Swartberg (41 Km) and Bulwer (147 Km). The N2, the national route, leads from Kokstad to the east to Port Shepstone (175 Km), Durban (380 Km) and to the south Mount Ayliff (57 Km), Mthatha (180 Km), East London (419 Km) and Qonce (447 Km). Kokstad is 10 km from the Eastern Cape border on the N2. The majority of residents can speak IsiXhosa as well as IsiZulu. Kokstad has no rural villages to date. It is a farming community with majority of its countyside land being cattle farms or residential farms. .... Learn more at Wikipedia
| Name | Kokstad |
|---|---|
| Long Name | Kokstad, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
| Region | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Country | South Africa |
| Map | Open Map |
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