Murraysburg

Article summary

Murraysburg is an Afrikaans speaking town of approximately 5,000 people in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is situated in the far northeast of the province, about from the provincial capital Cape Town, and west of Graaff-Reinet. It is governed as part of the Beaufort West Local Municipality within the Central Karoo District Municipality. Murraysburg is situated on the R63 regional road, which connects it to the N1 and N12 national roads to the west and the N9 to the east. It is a distance of from Cape Town by road, and from Port Elizabeth.

Key claims

1. date of foundation: 1856 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. population: 5,069 people — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1376867334