Graaff-Reinet

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Graaff-Reinet (gräf-rī`nət), town (1991 pop. 34,440), Eastern Cape, S South Africa, on the Great Karroo Karroo or Karoo , the semiarid plateaus of South Africa. The

Little Karroo, in Western Cape, is located N of the Langeberg and Outeniqua Ranges and extends c.
..... Click the link for more information. . It is the center of an important farming and stock-raising area in which grapes, citrus fruits, flowers, wool, and mohair are produced. Founded in 1786, it served as the capital of a short-lived Boer republic (1795–96). Andries Pretorius Pretorius, Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus , 1799–1853, Boer (Afrikaner) leader. He was elected (1838) commandant general of the Boers of Natal and in that year defeated a large force of Zulus at Blood River.
..... Click the link for more information. was born in Graaff-Reinet. The city has many historic buildings that have been restored.

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