Talk:Griekwastad

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Winburg also claims to the be oldest settlement north of the Orange River —Preceding unsigned comment added by Socrates2008 (talk • contribs) 13:11, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

But the Winburg article has it founded in 1837. This one was founded in 1801. Dimadick 15:33, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Yes, I know this is English Wikipedia, but the town is now only known historically as "Griquatown", why don't you also move Kokstad to Koktown, or how about Pietermartizburg to Peter Maritzburg? Unlike towns like Grahamstown (Afrikaans Grahamstad) or Prince Albert (Afrikaans Prins Albert) the town is only known as Griekwastad, look at all signs leading to the town, they are all "Griekwastad", even though the neighboring sign will also point to "Cape Town", rather than "Kaapstad". Bezuidenhout (talk) 12:48, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]