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'''Klipplaat''' is a town in [[ Cacadu District Municipality]] in the [[Eastern Cape]] province of [[South Africa]]. |
'''Klipplaat''' is a town in [[ Cacadu District Municipality]] in the [[Eastern Cape]] province of [[South Africa]]. |
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Town some 185km north-west of [[Port Elizabeth]] and 75km south-east of [[Aberdeen, Eastern Cape|Aberdeen]].<ref>[http://www.saexplorer.co.za/south-africa/distance/klipplaat_distance.asp Travel distances from Klipplaat]</ref>It takes its name from large slabs of rock on the surface of the ground; from [[Afrikaans]] '''klip''': 'stone' or 'rock'; '''plaat''': 'sheet' or 'slab'.<ref name=dsapn>{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=http://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=251}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 18:22, 4 June 2013
Template:Infobox South African town Klipplaat is a town in Cacadu District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
Town some 185km north-west of Port Elizabeth and 75km south-east of Aberdeen.[1]It takes its name from large slabs of rock on the surface of the ground; from Afrikaans klip: 'stone' or 'rock'; plaat: 'sheet' or 'slab'.[2]
References
- ^ Travel distances from Klipplaat
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 251.
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