Barkly East

Coordinates: 30°58′05″S 27°35′36″E / 30.96806°S 27.59333°E / -30.96806; 27.59333
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Barkly East
Barkly-Oos
PO box
9786
Area code045-971-
Websitewww.barklyeast.co.za

Barkly East (

Rhodes is 60 km or an hour's drive from Barkly East on the R396. Both are within the boundaries of the Senqu Local Municipality
.

It has been one of the few areas in South Africa where winter sports are pursued, and in summer fly fishing for Rainbow trout and indigenous Smallmouth yellowfish, trail running, mountain biking, rock paintings by the San people, tennis and the magnificent scenery draw tourists to the district.

Xhosa and Afrikaans are spoken by most of the inhabitants, while English and some Sotho are also spoken. The primary economic base of the district is sheep-farming.

History

Like

Sir Henry Barkly,[3][4] governor of the Cape Colony
from 1870 to 1877. On 14 December 1874 the then-Governor, Sir Henry Barkly proclaimed that a town could split from Wodehouse.

Geography

Climate

Barkly East has a subtropical highland climate (Cwb, according to the Köppen climate classification), with mild summers and chilly, dry winters, with occasional snowfalls. It borders on a cold semi-arid climate (BSk). The average annual precipitation is 567 mm (22 in), with most rainfall occurring during summer.

Barkly East
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See also

References

  1. ^ "Chronological order of town establishment in South Africa based on Fritz van der Merwe (1960:20–26)" (PDF). pp. xlv–lii.
  2. ^ a b c d "Main Place Barkly East". Census 2011.
  3. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Barkly East" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 403.
  4. ISBN 978-0-947464-04-2 – via Internet Archive
    .

External links
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