Kokstad
Kokstad is a town in the Harry Gwala District Municipality of the KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Kokstad is named after the Griqua chief Adam Kok III who settled here in 1863.
Places of Interest
Highlights: St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Kokstad and St Patrick’s College.
Kokstad
- Type: Town with 61,800 residents
- Description: place in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Category: locality
- Location: Greater Kokstad Local Municipality, Harry Gwala District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-30.5475° or 30° 32′ 51″ south
Longitude
29.4244° or 29° 25′ 28″ east
Population
61,800
Elevation
1,316 metres (4,318 feet)
UN/LOCODE
ZA KKD
Open location code
4GXFFC3F+2Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Kokstad” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kokstad”
- Arabic: “كوكستاد”
- Armenian: “Կոկստադ”
- Asturian: “Kokstad”
- Bulgarian: “Кокстад”
- Catalan: “Kokstad”
- Cebuano: “Kokstad”
- Chinese: “科克斯塔德”
- Dutch: “Kokstad”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كوكستاد”
- Estonian: “Kokstad”
- French: “Kokstad”
- German: “Kokstad”
- Italian: “Kokstad”
- Japanese: “コークスタート”
- Malagasy: “Kokstad”
- Pedi: “Kokstad”
- Persian: “کوکستاد”
- Polish: “Kokstad”
- Romanian: “Kokstad”
- Russian: “Кокстад”
- Spanish: “Kokstad”
- Turkish: “Kokstad”
- Urdu: “کوکسٹاد”
- Zulu: “IKokstad”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Bhongwen and Nolangeni.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Kokstad Museum and Anglican Church.
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