Pomfret
Pomfret is a desert town, the site of an old asbestos mine, on the edge of the Kalahari Desert in northwest South Africa. It was the administrative centre of Molopo Local Municipality before 18 May 2011, when the municipality merged with Kagisano to form the Kagisano–Molopo Local Municipality.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 2,320 residents
- Description: place in North West, South Africa
- Also known as: “Pomfret, North West”
Pomfret
Latitude
-25.83227° or 25° 49′ 56″ southLongitude
23.52589° or 23° 31′ 33″ eastPopulation
2,320Elevation
1,149 metres (3,770 feet)Open location code
5G655G9G+39OpenStreetMap ID
node 262721942OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
964596Wikidata ID
Q7227301
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Pomfret” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Pomfret (dorp)”
- Afrikaans: “Pomfret, Noordwes”
- Asturian: “Pomfret, North West”
- Dutch: “Pomfret, North West”
- Pedi: “Pomfret”
- Turkish: “Pomfret”
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