Kuruman Afrik. Kuruman is a town in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. The city is a tourist attraction due to its picturesque natural landscapes, among which “Kurumansky Eye” stands out - a place where underground waters reach the surface of the Kalahari Desert .
The river Kuruman is named after the town (most of the year is a dry riverbed, it is flooded only during the flood).
| Climate Kurumana | |||||||||||||
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| Indicator | Jan. | Feb | March | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sen | Oct. | Nov. | Dec | Year |
| Average maximum, ° C | 31.9 | 30.8 | 27.5 | 24.7 | 21.3 | 19.4 | 18.3 | 21.7 | 24.7 | 28.1 | 29.7 | 30.7 | 25.7 |
| Average temperature, ° C | 24.4 | 23.4 | 20.8 | 17.0 | 13.1 | 10.6 | 9.7 | 12.4 | 15.9 | 19.5 | 21.3 | 23.0 | 18.5 |
| Average minimum, ° C | 16.9 | 16,1 | 14.1 | 9.4 | 4.9 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 7.1 | 10.9 | 13.0 | 15.3 | 9.5 |
| Precipitation rate, mm | 82.9 | 81.9 | 81.5 | 49.3 | 19.3 | 6.9 | 3.3 | 8.1 | 6.5 | 26,6 | 43.0 | 47.2 | 456.5 |
| Source: [1] , [2] | |||||||||||||
In 1821, Robert Moffat of the London Missionary Society founded the mission here. Here in 1841, David Livingstone arrived as a missionary.
The city has a base of Peace Corps volunteers [1] .
The population of the city in 2001 was 9824 people, of which 4267 (43.4%) were “ colored ”, 3549 (36.1%) were white, 1969 (20.0%) were black. The most common everyday language is Afrikaans 80.68%, followed by Tswana - 14.8% [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Peace Corps Northern Cape
- ↑ Main Place 'Kuruman Part 2' . Census 2001 . The date of circulation is January 10, 2012. Archived March 23, 2013.
Links
- Visit Kuruman Travel Guide and Accommodation in Kuruman
- Kuruman on the Northern Cape Tourism Authority website