Philipstown
Philipstown is a town in the eastern Karoo region of South Africa. Town 56 km north-east of De Aar. It was established in May 1863 on the farm Rietfontein and became a municipality in August 1876.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Philipstown
Latitude
-30.43694° or 30° 26′ 13″ southLongitude
24.47194° or 24° 28′ 19″ eastPopulation
3,370Elevation
1,364 metres (4,475 feet)Inception
1863Open location code
4GX6HF7C+6QOpenStreetMap ID
node 262721924OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Philipstown” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Philipstown”
- Asturian: “Philipstown”
- Chinese: “菲利普斯敦”
- Dutch: “Philipstown”
- Estonian: “Philipstown”
- French: “Philipstown”
- Pedi: “Philipstown”
- Romanian: “Philipstown”
- Russian: “Филипстаун (ЮАР)”
- Russian: “Филипстаун”
- Zulu: “IPhilipstown, INyakatho Kapa”
- Zulu: “IPhilipstown”
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