Ritchie
Ritchie is a small town situated 40 kilometres south of Kimberley on the north bank of the Riet River in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The town, with a population of approximately 15,000, is in the Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, which forms part of the Frances Baard District Municipality.Ritchie
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Sol Plaatjie, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-29.02749° or 29° 1′ 39″ south
Longitude
24.6° or 24° 36′ east
Population
9,960
Elevation
1,115 metres (3,658 feet)
Open location code
5G26XHFX+2X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Romanian—“Ritchie” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Ritchie”
- Asturian: “Ritchie”
- Cebuano: “Ritchie”
- Dutch: “Ritchie”
- Estonian: “Ritchie”
- Pedi: “Ritchie”
- Romanian: “Ritchie”
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