Graaff-Reinet

(gräf-rī`nət), town, now part and seat of Camdeboo local municipality, Eastern Cape prov., S South Africa, on the Great KarrooKarroo
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.200 mi (320 km) from east to west at an altitude of 1,000 to 2,000 ft (305–610 m).
..... 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 PretoriusPretorius, 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.

单词	graaff-reinet
释义	Graaff-Reinet Graaff-Reinet (gräf-rī`nət), town, now part and seat of Camdeboo local municipality, Eastern Cape prov., S South Africa, on the Great KarrooKarroo 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.200 mi (320 km) from east to west at an altitude of 1,000 to 2,000 ft (305–610 m). ..... 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 PretoriusPretorius, 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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