Grahamstown

Grahamstown, also known as Makhanda, is a town of 140,000 people in the Cacadu District of the . This charming and picturesque small city is well worth a visit.
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  • Type: City with 67,300 residents
  • Description: city in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
  • Also known as: Makhanda” and “Makhanda, South Africa

Places of Interest

Highlights include Makana Botanical Gardens and Settlers Hospital.

Park
The is a botanical garden in operated by Rhodes University, located in Grahamstown. The garden is on Gunfire Hill and is surrounded by the , Fort Selwyn, the Albany Museum, and Grey Dam Lake.

Hospital
is a Provincial government funded for the area in Grahamstown, in . The hospital departments include Emergency department, Paediatric ward, Maternity ward, Gynaecology Services, Out…

Grahamstown

Latitude
-33.3071° or 33° 18′ 25″ south
Longitude
26.5273° or 26° 31′ 38″ east
Population
67,300
Elevation
551 metres (1,808 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ZA GRH
Open location code
4GR8MGVG+5W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 30229877
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1000501
Wiki­data ID
Q951161
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Grahamstown” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Grahamstad
  • Arabic: غراهامستاون
  • Armenian: Գրեհամսթաուն
  • Asturian: Makhanda
  • Bengali: গ্রাহামসটাউন
  • Catalan: Grahamstown
  • Cebuano: Grahamstown (kapital sa munisipyo)
  • Cebuano: Grahamstown
  • Chinese: 格拉罕鎮
  • Chinese: 格雷厄姆斯敦
  • Chinese: 馬坎達
  • Chinese: 马卡汉达
  • Chinese: 马坎达
  • Czech: Grahamstown
  • Czech: Makhanda
  • Danish: Grahamstown
  • Danish: Makhanda
  • Dutch: Grahamstad
  • Egyptian Arabic: جراهامستاون
  • Esperanto: Grahamstown
  • Estonian: Grahamstown
  • Finnish: Grahamstown
  • French: Grahamstown
  • German: Grahamstown
  • German: Makhanda
  • Greek: Γκραχαμστάουν
  • Gujarati: ગ્રેહામસ્ટાઉન
  • Hakka Chinese: Grahamstown
  • Hebrew: גרהמסטאון
  • Hindi: ग्राहमस्टाउन
  • Indonesian: Grahamstown
  • Italian: Grahamstown
  • Italian: Makhanda
  • Japanese: グラハムズタウン
  • Japanese: グレアムズタウン
  • Japanese: グレイアムズタウン
  • Japanese: マカンダ
  • Kannada: ಗ್ರಾಹಂಸ್ ಟೊವ್ನ್
  • Korean: 그레이엄스타운
  • Latvian: Greiemstauna
  • Lithuanian: Grehemtounas
  • Malagasy: Grahamstown
  • Malay: Grahamstown
  • Marathi: ग्रॅहॅमस्टाउन
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Grahamstown
  • Norwegian: Grahamstown
  • Pedi: Grahamstown
  • Polish: Grahamstown
  • Polish: Makhanda
  • Portuguese: Grahamstown
  • Romanian: Grahamstad
  • Russian: Грейамстаун
  • Russian: Грэхэмстаун
  • Serbian: Грејамстаун
  • Sinhala: ග්‍රැහැම්ස්ටවුන්
  • Southern Sotho: Grahamstown
  • Spanish: Grahamstown
  • Spanish: Makhanda
  • Swahili: Grahamstown
  • Swati: EMakhanda,
  • Swedish: Grahamstown
  • Swedish: Makhanda
  • Tamil: கிரஹாம்ஸ்நகரம்
  • Telugu: గ్రాహమ్స్ పట్టణం
  • Thai: เกรแฮมส์ทาวน์
  • Tswana: Grahamstown
  • Turkish: Grahamstown
  • Ukrainian: Гремстаун
  • Urdu: گراہمز ٹاؤن
  • Urdu: مکھنڈا، جنوبی افریقہ
  • Venda: Grahamstown, Kapa Vhubvaḓuvha
  • Venda: Grahamstown
  • Vietnamese: Grahamstown
  • Xhosa: IRhini
  • Yue Chinese: 嘉咸城
  • Zulu: Makhanda, Eastern Cape

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