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858:(60.3)
853:(63.7)
848:(66.6)
843:(67.8)
838:(67.3)
828:(67.8)
823:(70.5)
818:(68.2)
813:(66.0)
808:(64.6)
803:(63.5)
798:(63.3)
793:(64.4)
788:(66.9)
783:(69.4)
778:(71.6)
773:(72.9)
768:(72.3)
758:(73.6)
753:(75.7)
748:(73.2)
743:(71.1)
738:(70.2)
733:(70.0)
728:(70.5)
723:(71.6)
718:(73.6)
713:(75.2)
708:(76.6)
703:(77.7)
698:(77.2)
683:(92.3)
678:(99.9)
663:(97.7)
658:(93.0)
653:(91.0)
648:(93.9)
643:(93.9)
638:(95.0)
633:(91.0)
628:(89.1)
441:History
435:Mthatha
421:in the
362:English
191:Country
1589:Libode
1089:117.6
1037:(4.8)
1032:(4.7)
1027:(4.7)
1022:(3.4)
1017:(1.9)
1012:(1.6)
1007:(1.5)
1002:(2.6)
997:(3.4)
992:(5.8)
987:(5.1)
982:(4.6)
579:Month
564:Köppen
344:(2011)
309:Indian
1655:Mvezo
1622:Tsolo
1617:Qumbu
1369:(PDF)
1164:From
1086:14.2
1083:14.0
1080:13.5
1059:11.9
1056:12.3
1053:14.3
1040:1,120
618:Year
546:Xhosa
385:UTC+2
355:89.7%
351:Xhosa
324:White
313:Asian
291:94.7%
267:6,441
1660:Qunu
1381:2016
1098:(%)
1077:9.1
1074:6.0
1071:4.6
1068:3.4
1065:5.7
1062:8.6
921:11.1
911:11.1
906:12.2
896:16.7
891:18.7
886:17.3
881:16.0
876:15.0
871:13.9
866:13.4
861:14.0
856:15.7
851:17.6
846:19.2
841:19.9
836:19.6
826:19.9
821:21.4
816:20.1
811:18.9
806:18.1
801:17.5
796:17.4
791:18.0
786:19.4
781:20.8
776:22.0
771:22.7
766:22.4
756:23.1
751:24.3
746:22.9
741:21.7
736:21.2
731:21.1
726:21.4
721:22.0
716:23.1
711:24.0
706:24.8
701:25.4
696:25.1
686:41.1
681:33.5
676:37.7
671:41.1
666:39.2
661:36.5
656:33.9
651:32.8
646:34.4
641:34.4
636:35.0
631:32.8
626:31.7
615:Dec
612:Nov
609:Oct
606:Sep
603:Aug
600:Jul
597:Jun
594:May
591:Apr
588:Mar
585:Feb
582:Jan
413:(or
403:5120
389:SAST
374:4.1%
366:6.2%
336:0.1%
328:1.1%
317:0.6%
302:3.5%
238:Area
1140:75
1137:79
1134:80
1131:78
1128:75
1125:70
1122:66
1119:65
1116:72
1113:76
1110:81
1107:80
1104:80
1035:121
1030:120
1025:119
990:147
985:130
980:117
966:5.6
961:7.9
956:7.2
951:7.8
946:6.7
941:6.1
936:6.7
931:5.6
926:8.9
916:8.2
532:in
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