Garies is a small agricultural centre situated in
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
's
Northern Cape province about 110 km south of
Springbok
The springbok (''Antidorcas marsupialis'') is a medium-sized antelope found mainly in south and southwest Africa. The sole member of the genus ''Antidorcas'', this bovid was first described by the German zoologist Eberhard August Wilhelm ...
, the chief town of the
Namaqualand
Namaqualand (khoekhoe: "Nama-kwa" meaning Nama Khoe people's land) is an arid region of Namibia and South Africa, extending along the west coast over and covering a total area of . It is divided by the lower course of the Orange River into ...
district. Current population approximately 1500.
The
Letterklip
The Letterklip, Afrikaans for "lettered rock", is a provincial heritage site in Namaqualand in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The unique rock formation was fortified by dry stone walling; it was occupied from 1901 to 1902 by British ...
provincial heritage site is situated just west of town.
The town is in the Namaqualand district, at the foot of the
Kamiesberg, 46 km south of
Kamieskroon and 146 km northwest of
Vanrhynsdorp
Van Rhynsdorp (Afrikaans: Vanrhynsdorp) is a settlement in West Coast District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Van Rhynsdorp was founded as Trutro ("TroeTroe") after the area was first explored by Europeans in 1661 by P ...
. The name is Khoekhoen and means ‘couchgrass’, Afrikaans ‘kweek’.
References
Populated places in the Kamiesberg Local Municipality
1845 establishments in the Cape Colony
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