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National Monuments

Graaff-Reinet has the highest number of national monuments in any city or town in South Africa: http://www.places.co.za/html/graaff_reinet.html BlandBaroque (talk) 11:13, 11 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

References

Claims such as:

Graaff-Reinet is home to more national monuments than any other town or city in South Africa.

should definitely be cited. Far better not to make such claims at all, but rather to list the monuments. --NJR_ZA (talk) 05:27, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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"fourth oldest town in South Africa"

We're told that Graaff-Reinet comes just after Swellendam, which means that Swellendam was the third oldest. But if we click on the link to Swellendam, we're told that that it's the eighth oldest. Which of these is true? Given Swellendam's much greater proximity to the Cape (from which the colonisation of South Africa proceeded), and other things I've read about the development of the country, I'd expect the former. Perhaps '3' was misread as '8'?213.127.210.95 (talk) 20:00, 17 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The sources in both article are now working, so it's not clear. Greenman (talk) 17:14, 18 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Found a ref clarifying that it is 4th, so have added that. Greenman (talk) 17:19, 18 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

1st, Cape Town in 1652, 2nd is Stellenbosch in 1679, 3rd is Paarl in 1687 and 4th is Swellendam in 1745 - Thus Graaf Reinette is the 5th oldest town, not 3rd or 4th

Swellendam is NOT the 3rd oldest town

Why is there this historical Lunacy change every now and again to change Swellendam to 3rd oldest town in South Africa and then Graaf - Reinette???

It is the 5 TH , after Cape Town, Stellenbosch and then Paarl and THEN SWELLENDAM.

1st, Cape Town in 1652, 2nd is Stellenbosch in 1679, 3rd is Paarl in 1687 and 4th is Swellendam in 1745 - Thus Graaf Reinette is the 5th oldest town, not 3rd or 4th

Stop changing this !!!!!!!!!185.69.145.92 (talk) 22:21, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]