Department Of Agriculture Forestry And Fisheries Kokstad

Department Of Agriculture Forestry And Fisheries Kokstad

Department Of Agriculture Forestry And Fisheries Kokstad, Kokstad is a town in the Harry Gwala District Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Kokstad is named after the Griqua chief Adam Kok III who settled here in 1863. Stad is the Dutch and Afrikaans word for city.
The town is built on the outer slopes of the Drakensberg and is 1,302 m above the sea level. Behind it Mount Currie rises to a height of 2,224 m. It is a centre for cheese and other dairy products.
Kokstad is currently the fastest growing town in KwaZulu-Natal, with approximately 50,000 people residing there.