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Grahamstown (South Africa)

LC control no.n 50071781
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Geographic headingGrahamstown (South Africa)
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Variant(s)Grahamstad (South Africa)
Rhini (South Africa)
Erini (South Africa)
Graham's Town (South Africa)
See alsoMakhanda (South Africa)
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Special noteOld catalog heading: Grahamstown, South Africa
SUBJECT USAGE: This heading is not valid for use as a subject. Works about this place are entered under Makhanda (South Africa).
Found inAlphabetic list, master of the Supreme Court, Grahamstown, 1993: t.p. (Grahamstad)
Savings and money-lending schemes, 1995: p. 1 (Grahamstown/Rhini)
Ph. call to Embassy of South Africa, 09-23-97 (Rhini is a name used by local Blacks for Grahamstown)
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 33°18ʹ00ʺS 026°32ʹ00ʺE)
The British settler, August 19th, 1851: masthead (Graham's Town)
Umshumayeli wendaba, Juli 1837: page 10 (Erini)
en.wikipedia.org website viewed February 20, 2020: Makhanda, Eastern Cape (Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown; Afrikaans: Grahamstad, Xhosa: iRhini) is a town of about 70,000 people in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The town's name change from Grahamstown to Makhanda was officially gazetted on 29 June 2018. The town was officially renamed to Makhanda in memory of Xhosa warrior and prophet Makhanda ka Nxele)
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makhanda,_Eastern_Cape>
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