Apryntjiesberg / Prentjiesberg

Coordinates: -31.0959, 28.2254
Updated: 18 Apr 2019

Also known as Prentjiesberg in Afrikaans this literally means 'small pictures mountian', derived from the San paintings found in the area.'Appryntjie' which is an historical word for a freed slave or a cheeky insolent person or a person of mixed blood, could also be referring to these San People! The Xhosa name for the mountian is 'UMngqazo'.

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Apryntjiesberg / Prentjiesberg

How we know this

01New Dictionary of South African Place Names by Peter E Raper

Last updated · 18 Apr 2019

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South African History Online. (2017, February 17). Apryntjiesberg / Prentjiesberg. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0122846

South African History Online (2017) 'Apryntjiesberg / Prentjiesberg', South African History Online, 17 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0122846 (Accessed: 20 October 2026).

South African History Online, Apryntjiesberg / Prentjiesberg [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0122846, (accessed 20 October 2026).

"Apryntjiesberg / Prentjiesberg." South African History Online, 17 Feb. 2017, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0122846. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "Apryntjiesberg / Prentjiesberg." South African History Online. February 17, 2017. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0122846.