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Great Kei Local Municipality, Amathole District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africai
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Area:
1,700 km2
Mindat Locality ID:
414202
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:414202:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Great Kei, Amathole, Cap-Oriental, Afrique du Sud
German:
Great Kei, Amathole, Ostkap, Südafrika
Italian:
Municipalità locale di Great Kei, Municipalità distrettuale di Amatole, provincia del Capo Orientale, Sudafrica
Simplified Chinese:
大凱伊地方自治市, 阿瑪索雷區自治市, 東開普省, 南非
Spanish:
Great Kei, Distrito Municipal de Amathole, El Cabo Oriental, Sudáfrica
Afrikaans:
Groot Kei Plaaslike Munisipaliteit, Amathole-distriksmunisipaliteit, Oos-Kaap, Suid-Afrika
Cebuano:
Great Kei, Amathole District Municipality, Eastern Cape, Habagatang Aprika
Dutch:
Great Kei, Amatole, Oost-Kaap, Zuid-Afrika
Northern Sotho:
Great Kei Mmusogae, Mmasepala Setereke tša Amathole, Kapa Bohlabela, Afrika Borwa
Novial:
Grandi Kei Komunie, Amatole, Est Kabe, Sud Afrika
Polish:
Great Kei, Amatole, Prowincja Przylądkowa Wschodnia, Republika Południowej Afryki
Sesotho:
Masepala oa Great Kei, Kapa Botjhabela, Afrika Borwa
Welsh:
Bwrdeistref Lleol Great Kei, De Affrica
Zulu:
Great Kei Local Municipality, IHlelo Amathole, KwaXhosa, iNingizimu Afrika


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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Kei_Local_Municipality
Wikidata ID:Q1517371
GeoNames ID:8347402


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