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{{More citations needed|date=October 2007}} {{Use South African English|date=January 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Graaff-Reinet | settlement_type = [[Town]] | image_skyline = {{multiple image | total_width = 280 | border = infobox | perrow = 1/3/2 | caption_align = center | image1 = RSA Graaff-Reinet01.jpg | caption1 = View of Graaff-Reinet | image2 = Town Hall Graaff Reinet-001.jpg | caption2 = Town Hall | image6 = Dutch Reformed Church Graaff Reinet-003.jpg | caption6 = [[Groote Kerk, Graaff-Reinet|Dutch Reformed Church]] | image4 = Karoo Landscape, Nqweba, Eastern Cape, South Africa (20324198338).jpg | caption4 = Fields near Graaff-Reinet | image5 = Graaff-Reinet House Museum ... (Photo JC PLE) (52652872839).jpg | caption5 = [[Reinet House|Graaff-Reinet Museum]] | image3 = 12 1072m - Valley of Desolation.jpg | caption3 = Valley of Desolation}} | image_caption = | pushpin_map = South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa#Africa | coordinates = {{coord|32|15|08|S|24|32|26|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = [[Country]] | subdivision_name = [[South Africa]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of South Africa|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Eastern Cape]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of South Africa|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Sarah Baartman District Municipality|Sarah Baartman]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Municipalities of South Africa|Municipality]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality|Dr Beyers Naudé]] | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | established_title = Established | established_date = 1786<ref name=established>{{cite thesis |last=Robson |first=Linda Gillian |title=The Royal Engineers and settlement planning in the Cape Colony 1806–1872: Approach, methodology and impact |date=2011 |type=PhD thesis |publisher=University of Pretoria |chapter=Annexure A |chapter-url=https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/26503/05back.pdf?sequence=6&isAllowed=y#page=31 |url=https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/26503 |hdl=2263/26503 |pages=xlv–lii}}</ref> | leader_title = Councillor | area_footnotes = <ref name=census2011>Sum of the main places Graaff Reinet [https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/261003] and uMasizakhe [https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/261004] from Census 2011.</ref> | area_total_km2 = 203.62 | elevation_m = 750 | population_footnotes = <ref name=census2011 /> | population_total = 35672 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto <!-- demographics (section 1) -->| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011) | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name=census2011 /> | demographics1_title1 = [[Coloureds|Coloured]] | demographics1_info1 = 62.18% | demographics1_title2 = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black African]] | demographics1_info2 = 28.19% | demographics1_title3 = [[White South African|White]] | demographics1_info3 = 8.74% | demographics1_title4 = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]] | demographics1_info4 = 0.47% | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 = 0.42% <!-- demographics (section 2) -->| demographics_type2 = [[First language]]s (2011) | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name=census2011 /> | demographics2_title1 = [[Afrikaans]] | demographics2_info1 = 71.83% | demographics2_title2 = [[Xhosa language|IsiXhosa]] | demographics2_info2 = 17.89% | demographics2_title3 = [[English language|English]] | demographics2_info3 = 3.37% | demographics2_title4 = Other | demographics2_info4 = 6.91% <!-- blank fields (section 2) --> <!-- Other information -->| timezone1 = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]] | utc_offset1 = +2 | postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in South Africa|Postal code]] (street) | postal_code = 6286, 6280, 6281 | postal2_code_type = [[Post-office box|PO box]] | postal2_code = | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in South Africa|Area code]] | area_code = 049 | official_name = | image_shield = Graaff-Reinet Coat of Arms.jpg }} '''Graaff-Reinet''' ({{IPA|af|ˌχrɑːf.rəˈnɛt|lang}}; [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]]: eRhafu) is a town in the [[Eastern Cape Province]] of [[South Africa]]. It is the oldest town in the province and the fourth oldest town in South Africa, after [[Cape Town]], [[Stellenbosch]], [[Simon's Town]], [[Paarl]] and [[Swellendam]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.theheritageportal.co.za/article/what-are-oldest-towns-south-africa |title=What are the Oldest Towns in South Africa? |last=Floyd |first=TB |date=1960}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.grahamstown.co.za/news/what_are_the_oldest_towns_in_south_africa/article/what-are-oldest-towns-south-africa |title=What are the Oldest Towns in South Africa? |date=2003}}</ref> The town was the centre of a [[Republic of Graaff-Reinet|short-lived republic]] in the late 18th century.<ref name="EB1911" /> The town was a starting point for [[Great Trek]] groups led by [[Gerrit Maritz]] and [[Piet Retief]] and furnished large numbers of the [[Voortrekkers]] in 1835–1842.<ref name=EB1911/> Graaff-Reinet is home to more national monuments than any other town or city in South Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.graaffreinet.co.za|title=Graaff-Reinet City website}}</ref> It is also known for being a flourishing market for agricultural produce, noted for its [[mohair]] industry, and sheep and [[ostrich]] farming.
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