Swellendam (Afrikaans: ['swæːləndam]) is the third oldest town in South Africa (after Cape Town and Stellenbosch), a town with 17,537 inhabitants situated...
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Republic of Swellendam was founded in 1795 with the dissatisfaction towards the Dutch East India Company caused the burghers of Swellendam to revolt, and...
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Swellendam Municipality (Afrikaans: Swellendam Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality located within the Overberg District Municipality, in the Western...
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Boer republics (section Republic of Swellendam)
Hermanus Steyn was appointed as President of the Republic of Swellendam. The burghers of Swellendam started to call themselves "national burghers" – after the...
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Swellendam Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the...
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The Moederkerk (Mother Church), in Swellendam, South Africa, is the only congregation of the NG Church in the historic Overbergse town of the same name...
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moved from the Zuurbraak (now Suurbraak) mission station just east of Swellendam (modern Western Cape Province, South Africa) to the Hope Fountain Mission...
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Company (VOC), the inhabitants proclaimed a republic. The residents of Swellendam also did this (see map). Before the leaders of the Cape Colony could retake...
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government. VOC, to control the emigrants, established a magistracy at Swellendam in 1745 and another at Graaff Reinet in 1786. The Gamtoos River had been...
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coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) This is a list of the heritage sites in Swellendam and Riversdale, situated in the Western Cape, as recognized by the South...
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includes the major towns of Grabouw, Caledon, Hermanus, Bredasdorp and Swellendam. The municipal area covers 12,241 square kilometres (4,726 sq mi) and...
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Hermanus Steyn (category People from Swellendam)
Hermanus Steyn (15 February 1743, Swellendam – 1804, Swellendam) was the President of the Republic of Swellendam. When the rule of the Dutch East India...
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The Swellendam Local Municipality council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by...
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Jonas Date of birth (2000-12-31) 31 December 2000 (age 23) Place of birth Swellendam, South Africa Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Weight 90 kg (200 lb; 14 st 2 lb)...
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sandstone slopes of the winter rainfall fynbos from the Cape Peninsula to Swellendam. It is also known as the lily-of-the-Nile in spite of only occurring in...
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in South Africa. It is part of the R324 and is the main road between Swellendam and Barrydale in the Western Cape. In 1868, the Cape administration decided...
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Traditional Cape Dutch architecture (Swellendam)...
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Flag of the Natalia Republic Republic of Klip River Flag of Republic of Swellendam Republic of Graaff-Reinet Flag of Utrecht Republic Lydenburg Republic...
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biome. The major towns are Hermanus, Caledon, Bredasdorp, Grabouw and Swellendam and the region includes Cape Agulhas, the southernmost point of Africa...
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South Africa, after Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Simon's Town, Paarl and Swellendam. The town was the centre of a short-lived republic in the late 18th century...
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Dutch Cape Colony British Bechuanaland Republic of Swellendam Republic of Graaff-Reinet Islands of Refreshment...
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their masters. In 1797, the Landdrost and Heemraden, local officials, of Swellendam and Graaff-Reinet extended pass laws beyond slaves and ordained that all...
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south of Delagoa Bay and inland in eastern southern Africa. Republic of Swellendam 1795 A republic declared in revolt against the Dutch East India Company;...
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as the Swellendam-Heidelberg Koöperasie, the name was changed to its current form in the 1980s. The head office of SSK is situated in Swellendam, the third...
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in an effort to control these migrants, established a magistracy at Swellendam in 1745 and another at Graaff Reinet in 1786, and declared the Gamtoos...
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of architecture can be found in historical towns such as Stellenbosch, Swellendam, Tulbagh, and Graaff-Reinet. In the former Dutch capital of Cape Town...
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Cape Town CBD Clanwilliam George Knysna Montagu Mossel Bay Paarl Robertson Simonstown Stellenbosch Swellendam Table Mountain Tulbagh Worcester Wynberg...
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returns to Europe. The Dutch East India Company established a magistracy at Swellendam. The Dutch Reformed Church establish a congregation in the Swartland,...
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Rooi Els Sandbaai Skipskop Stanford Struisbaai Suiderstrand Suurbraak Swellendam Uilenkraalsmond Van Dyksbaai Vermont Wolvengat Villiersdorp Avontuur Albertinia...
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Republic Natalia Republic Nieuwe Republiek Orange Free State Potchefstroom Stellaland Swellendam Transvaal Upingtonia Utrecht Republic Winburg Zoutpansberg...
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