Plooysburg
Plooysburg is a small town about 70 km west of Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa. It is situated close to the Riet River. The town took its name from the Du Plooy family, one of the original families of white settlers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in South Africa
- Also known as: “Plooysberg”
Plooysburg
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Siyancuma Local Municipality, Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-29.02728° or 29° 1′ 38″ southLongitude
24.23852° or 24° 14′ 19″ eastElevation
1,085 metres (3,560 feet)Open location code
5G26X6FQ+3COpenStreetMap ID
node 262714831OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Pedi—“Plooysburg” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Plooysburg”
- Asturian: “Plooysburg”
- Bulgarian: “Плойсбург”
- Cebuano: “Plooysburg”
- Dutch: “Plooysburg”
- Estonian: “Plooysburg”
- Pedi: “Plooysburg”
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