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fruit are also important products. The specialised abattoir for venison (farm-hunted game meat) operating in the central town provides much needed employment to the local residents.
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Adelaide's origins date back to 1835 when a British officer named Captain Alexander Boswell Armstrong (1787–1862) established a military encampment which he named
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arrived here. Some Bushmen were displaced while some intermarried with Xhosa people such as the Gqunukhwebe, Gqwashu and Sukwini people.
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people soon immigrated here too. The Scottish were also the first to erect a church in the local area.
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About 2,300 of the San-Bushmen's faraway descendants, the Westernised
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Populated places in the Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality
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The modern day area of Adelaide was first inhabited by
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Dutch Reformed Church in Adelaide
Adelaide is located in Eastern Cape
Adelaide is located in South Africa
Adelaide is located in Africa
32°42′28″S 26°17′44″E / 32.70778°S 26.29556°E / -32.70778; 26.29556
Country
South Africa
Province
Eastern Cape
District
Amathole
Municipality
Raymond Mhlaba
Black African
Coloured
Indian
Asian
White
First languages
Xhosa
Afrikaans
Time zone
UTC+2
SAST
Postal code
PO box
Area code
province
Eastern Cape
Great Winterberg

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