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BARKLY EAST

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 403 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BARKLY

EAST  , a
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town of Cape province, South Africa, capital of a
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district of the same name, and 8o m. by
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rail E.S.E. of
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Aliwal North . The town lies north of the Drakensberg on the Kraai tributary of the Orange
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river at an
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elevation of 5831 ft . The district has an
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area of 1564 sq. m. and a population (1904) of 849o, of whom 50% are whites . The chief occupation followed is sheep-farming, the pasturage being excellent . Like Barkly West, the town and district are named after
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Sir Henry Barkly, governor of Cape Colony, 1870-1877 .

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