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Encyclopedia Britannica



KOKSTAD

This article appears in Volume V15, Page 887 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: KHA-KRI
KOKSTAD , a town of
South
  Africa, the
capital
  of Griqualand
East
 , 236 M. by rail S.W. of Durban, 110 m. N. by W. of Port Shepstone, and 15o m. N. of Port St John, Pondoland. Pop. (1904), 2903, cf whom a third were Griquas. The town is built on the outer slopes of the
Drakensberg
  and is 4270 ft. above the sea. Behind it
Mount
  Currie rises to a height of 7297 ft. An excellent water
supply
  is derived from the mountains. The town is well laid cut, and possesses several handsome public buildings. It is the centre of a thriving agricultural
district
  and has a considerable trade in wool, grain, cattle and horses with Basutoland,
Pondoland and the neighbouring regions of
Natal
 . The town is named after the Griqua
chief
 
Adam
  Kok, who founded it in 1869. In 1879 it came into the possession of Cape Colony and was granted municipal government in 1893. It is the residence of the Headman of the Griqua nation. (See KAFFRARIA and GRIQUALAND.)


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