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Britstown

town
Place Town Q849888

Facts

10 properties

Identity

Instance of
town
Inception
1877[6]

Location

Country
South Africa[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ -30.583°, 23.500°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Emthanjeni Local Municipality[1]
Shares border with
Strydenburg[3]

Population and size

Area
+62.6[8]
Elevation above sea level
+1130[7]

Codes

Local dialing code
053[5]
Postal code
8782[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en Britstown
🔖 Identifiers · 9
VIAF cluster ID
134849143
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n78078018
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
StadtBritstown.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/05dlp5
GNS Unique Feature ID
-1215555
GeoNames ID
1015612
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
1092928
J9U entity ID
987007550256705171
Yale LUX ID
place/72827d71-2831-4c71-8891-5d636241ee88
📚 Sources · 1
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Located in time zoneP421
Africa/Johannesburg 2026-09-26 P/PPL · ZA GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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Bronze
1da92a6323a5fec3… admin1CodesASCII.txt +9 files
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🔗 Connections
Country 1
South Africa
Instance of 1
town
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Emthanjeni Local Municipality
People born here 1
Meyer Fortes
Shares border with 1
Strydenburg
← Shares border with 1
Victoria West
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South Africa

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  3. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 25w ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Emthanjeni Local Municipality
    Instance of → town
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+62.6'}
    Country → South Africa
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item"
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