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Kouga Local Municipality, Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africai
Regional Level Types
Kouga Local MunicipalityMunicipality
Sarah Baartman District MunicipalityMunicipality
Eastern CapeProvince
South AfricaCountry

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Area:
2,670 km2
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Kruisfontein18,991 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
414223
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:414223:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Kouga, Cap-Oriental, Afrique du Sud
German:
Kouga, Ostkap, Südafrika
Italian:
Municipalità locale di Kouga, provincia del Capo Orientale, Sudafrica
Simplified Chinese:
科加地方自治市, 東開普省, 南非
Spanish:
Kouga, El Cabo Oriental, Sudáfrica
Afrikaans:
Kouga Plaaslike Munisipaliteit, Oos-Kaap, Suid-Afrika
Cebuano:
Kouga, Eastern Cape, Habagatang Aprika
Dutch:
Kouga, Oost-Kaap, Zuid-Afrika
Dutch Low Saxon:
Kouga, Zuud-Afrika
Northern Sotho:
Kouga Mmusogae, Kapa Bohlabela, Afrika Borwa
Novial:
Kouga Komunie, Est Kabe, Sud Afrika
Polish:
Kouga, Prowincja Przylądkowa Wschodnia, Republika Południowej Afryki
Sesotho:
Masepala oa Kouga, Kapa Botjhabela, Afrika Borwa
Welsh:
Bwrdeistref Lleol Kouga, De Affrica
Zulu:
Kouga Local Municipality, KwaXhosa, iNingizimu Afrika


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There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences7
Youngest Fossil Listed136 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed145 Ma (Late Jurassic)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Kirkwood723.03 - 5.333 Ma (Miocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Zamites
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : Cycadales : Zamites145 - 136.4 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cladophlebis
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Osmundales : Osmundaceae : Cladophlebis145 - 136.4 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Sphenopteris
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Lyginopteridaceae : Sphenopteris145 - 136.4 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Araucaria
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Araucariaceae : Araucaria145 - 136.4 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pseudoctenis
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : Cycadales : Pseudoctenis145 - 136.4 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Dictyozamites
genus
Dictyozamites145 - 136.4 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kouga_Local_Municipality
Wikidata ID:Q1785553
GeoNames ID:987592


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