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Prieska is a town on the south bank of the Orange River, in the province of the Northern Cape, in western South Africa.
It is located on the southern bank of the Orange River, 130 km north-west of Britstown and 75 km south-east of Marydale. It developed from a place to which farmers migrated when the pans were full, after rains. It was administered by a village management board from 1882 and attained municipal status in 1892. The name is derived from Korana and means ‘place of the lost she-goat’.
The town is 240 km south of Kimberley and lies on the R357 road. It was originally named Prieschap, a Khoisan word meaning ‘place of the lost she-goat’. The town was founded in 1882, and in 2011 the town had a population of 14,246.
1359 Prieska, provisional designation 1935 OC, is a rare-type carbonaceous asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 52 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by English-born South-African astronomer Cyril Jackson at the Union Observatory, Johannesburg, on 22 July 1935.
The dark C-type asteroid is classified as a rather rare CX-subtype in the Tholen taxonomy (also see list of CX-type asteroids). It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.9–3.3 AU once every 5 years and 6 months (2,017 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.07 and is tilted by 11 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. According to the survey carried out by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, it has an albedo of 0.04, while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives a slighly larger value of 0.05. The body's rotation period remains unknown.
The minor planet was named in honour of Prieska, a town on the south bank of the Orange River, in the province of the Northern Cape, in western South Africa.
This video is about prieska
NG Gemeente Prieska hou twee keer per jaar 'n speletjiesdag. Die geld wat ons hiermee insamel word gebruik om 'n uitreik te doen. Jongmense word aangemoedig om te kom speel, sodat ons geld kan insamel wat ons in staat stel om 'n verskil in mense se lewens te maak.
Algera Manne, Arihanus, Armand en Kirsten, Springbok jag te Poortjie Prieska, 5-7 Julie 2017.
Prieska se jaarlikse GWK-oewerfees het weer gewys dat die inwoners van dié plattelandse dorpie groot fees kan hou.
Trip : Cape, Garden Road, PE, Karoo, Khalagadi Park, South Namibia, Franschhoek, Kalk Bay
Prieska is a town on the south bank of the Orange River, in the province of the Northern Cape, in western South Africa.
It is located on the southern bank of the Orange River, 130 km north-west of Britstown and 75 km south-east of Marydale. It developed from a place to which farmers migrated when the pans were full, after rains. It was administered by a village management board from 1882 and attained municipal status in 1892. The name is derived from Korana and means ‘place of the lost she-goat’.
The town is 240 km south of Kimberley and lies on the R357 road. It was originally named Prieschap, a Khoisan word meaning ‘place of the lost she-goat’. The town was founded in 1882, and in 2011 the town had a population of 14,246.