Richtersveld Local Municipality
Richtersveld Municipality is a local municipality within the Namakwa District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The municipality is named after Reverend W Richter, a Dutch missionary from the 20th century who opened a mission station in Kuboes.- Type: Locality with 14,600 residents
- Description: local municipality in the Northern Cape, South Africa
- Also known as: “municipalité locale de Richtersveld”
Richtersveld Local Municipality
- Category: local municipality of South Africa
- Location: Namakwa, Northern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-28.7682° or 28° 46′ 6″ south
Longitude
17.0596° or 17° 3′ 34″ east
Population
14,600
Elevation
397 metres (1,302 feet)
Open location code
5F3V63J5+PR
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Richtersveld Local Municipality” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Richtersveld Plaaslike Munisipaliteit”
- Cebuano: “Richtersveld”
- Chinese: “理查德斯維德地方自治市”
- Dutch: “Richtersveld”
- French: “Richtersveld”
- German: “Richtersveld Local Municipality”
- German: “Richtersveld”
- Italian: “Municipalità locale di Richtersveld”
- Novial: “Richtersveld Komunie, Sud Afrika”
- Pedi: “Mmušôgaê wa Richtersveld”
- Polish: “Richtersveld”
- Spanish: “Richtersveld”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Lleol Richtersveld”
- Zulu: “Richtersveld Local Municipality”
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