Beaufort West
E378909
Beaufort West is a historic service and transport hub in South Africa’s semi-arid Karoo region, known as a gateway town on the N1 route between Cape Town and the interior.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beaufort West canonical | 5 |
| N1 at Beaufort West | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human settlement
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid ⓘ |
| country | South Africa ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision |
South Africa
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of South Africa
|
| districtMunicipality | Central Karoo District Municipality ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
tourism ⓘ transport services ⓘ |
| foundedAs | service centre ⓘ |
| governingBody | Beaufort West Local Municipality ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
arid landscape
ⓘ
historic town ⓘ roadside services ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
flat open plains
ⓘ
low rainfall ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
logistics hub
ⓘ
stopover for long-distance road traffic ⓘ |
| hasRoadType | national route ⓘ |
| hasService |
fuel stations
ⓘ
roadside accommodation ⓘ vehicle repair services ⓘ |
| hasTransportMode | road transport ⓘ |
| isGatewayTo |
Central Karoo region
ⓘ
Karoo ⓘ
surface form:
Great Karoo
|
| isOnCorridor |
Cape Town–Johannesburg corridor
ⓘ
surface form:
Cape Town–Gauteng road corridor
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| languageMajority | Afrikaans ⓘ |
| locatedBetween |
Cape Town
ⓘ
South African interior ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Karoo
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Karoo
Karoo ⓘ Western Cape ⓘ |
| locatedInContinent | Africa ⓘ |
| locatedInHemisphere |
Eastern Hemisphere
ⓘ
Southern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central Africa Time
ⓘ
surface form:
South African Standard Time
|
| locatedOnRoute | N1 ⓘ |
| nearbyRegion |
Central Karoo region
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Karoo
|
| partOf | Beaufort West Local Municipality ⓘ |
| province | Western Cape ⓘ |
| roadConnection |
N1 to Bloemfontein
ⓘ
N1 to Cape Town ⓘ N1 to Johannesburg ⓘ |
| role |
gateway town
ⓘ
service town ⓘ transport hub ⓘ |
| terrain | semi-desert ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
N1 at Beaufort West