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Eastern Cape. Indeed, Kirkwood is the center of one of the largest citrus-growing regions in South Africa with approximately 120 square kilometres (30,000 acres) of citrus orchards. Approximately 18 million cartons of
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Roses are also grown in the area and there are several game farms situated nearby. The town also hosts an annual
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Kirkwood is situated about 80 km (50 mi) from the
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191:7.18 km (2.77 sq mi)
29:Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa
847:Municipalities and communities of
518:In 1877 James Somers Kirkwood, an
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726:Sum of the Main Places
574:Gouwernements Belooning
524:Gouwernements Belooning
513:Gouwernements Belooning
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806:9 October 2011 at the
801:"History and Culture."
18:Kirkwood, Eastern Cape
1235:Sunday's River Valley
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593:Second Anglo-Boer War
415:Geography and climate
411:of the Eastern Cape.
389:Eastern Cape Province
127:33.40028°S 25.44250°E
470:John Francis Cradock
401:Sundays River Valley
217:Racial makeup (2011)
209: • Density
177:Sundays River Valley
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443:Zuurberg Mountains
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1118:Tweeriviere
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463:Cape Colony
345:Postal code
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1143:(Makhanda)
1083:Joubertina
1078:Coldstream
1035:Oyster Bay
1015:Humansdorp
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707:References
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489:Uitenhage
474:commandos
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370:Area code
328:Time zone
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153:Province
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962:Kendrew
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618:Economy
461:of the
453:History
407:in the
310:English
143:Country
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1010:Hankey
676:fossil
633:lemons
624:citrus
572:farm,
540:barges
505:Corral
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358:PO box
303:59.06%
292:31.78%
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246:Indian
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228:67.51%
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314:1.92%
273:0.84%
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261:White
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