King William's Town

E318356

human settlement town

King William's Town is a historic town in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, known for its colonial-era origins and proximity to the provincial capital, Bhisho.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
King William’s Town	5
King William's Town canonical	1
King William’s Town (Qonce)	1

Statements (32)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human settlement ⓘ town ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
distanceToBhisho	approximately 10 kilometres ⓘ
foundedAs	colonial settlement ⓘ
governedBy	Buffalo City Metropolitan Council ⓘ surface form: Buffalo City local government
hasClimate	temperate climate ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	public administration ⓘ retail trade ⓘ services sector ⓘ
hasFeature	colonial public buildings ⓘ historic town centre ⓘ mission-era churches ⓘ
hasHeritage	colonial-era architecture ⓘ
hasPostalSystem	South African postal code system ⓘ
hasTransportConnection	road link to East London ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ Xhosa ⓘ
locatedIn	Eastern Cape ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity	Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Amathole region ⓘ surface form: Amatole region
locatedInTimeZone	Central Africa Time ⓘ surface form: South African Standard Time
locatedNear	Bhisho ⓘ
locatedOnContinent	Africa ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Buffalo River ⓘ
namedAfter	William IV ⓘ surface form: King William IV of the United Kingdom
nearbyCity	East London ⓘ
partOf	Amathole region ⓘ surface form: Eastern Cape interior historical frontier region of the Cape Colony ⓘ
role	former administrative centre of the Ciskei region ⓘ
usesCurrency	South African rand ⓘ
utcOffset	+2 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bhisho → locatedNear → King William's Town ⓘ

Fort Beaufort → nearbyCity → King William's Town ⓘ

this entity surface form: King William’s Town (Qonce)

Alice, Eastern Cape → hasNearbyTown → King William's Town ⓘ