Greater Kokstad Local Municipality
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Greater Kokstad Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Sisonke District
of KwaZulu-Natal
in South Africa
. Kokstad is derived from Dutch, and it means "town of Kok". It was named after Adam Kok III
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Kokstad
serves as the service centre and commercial hub for most of East Griqualand and much of the Eastern Cape
.
Sisonke District Municipality
Sisonke is one of the 11 districts of KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The seat of Sisonke is Ixopo. The majority of its 298 392 people speak IsiZulu...
of KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa. Prior to 1994, the territory now known as KwaZulu-Natal was made up of the province of Natal and the homeland of KwaZulu....
in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. Kokstad is derived from Dutch, and it means "town of Kok". It was named after Adam Kok III
Adam Kok III
Adam Kok III was a leader of the Griqua people in South Africa .The son of Adam Kok II, he grew up and was educated in the town of Philippolis in Transorangia...
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Kokstad
Kokstad, KwaZulu-Natal
Kokstad is a town in the Sisonke District of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Kokstad is named after the Griqua chief Adam Kok III who settled here in 1863. Stad is the Dutch and Afrikaans word for city....
serves as the service centre and commercial hub for most of East Griqualand and much of the Eastern Cape
Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are Port Elizabeth and East London. It was formed in 1994 out of the "independent" Xhosa homelands of Transkei and Ciskei, together with the eastern portion of the Cape Province...
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