Swellendam
Town in Western Cape, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Swellendam is the fourth oldest town[3][4] in South Africa (after Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Simon's Town, and Paarl), a town with 17,537 inhabitants situated in the Western Cape province. The town has over 50 provincial heritage sites, most of them buildings of Cape Dutch architecture. Swellendam is situated on the N2, approximately 220 km (140 miles) from both Cape Town and George.
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Swellendam | |
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Coordinates: 34°01′23″S 20°26′24″E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Western Cape |
District | Overberg |
Municipality | Swellendam |
Established | 1745[1] |
Named for | Hendrik Swellengrebel and his wife, Helena Ten Damme |
Area | |
• Total | 19.68 km2 (7.60 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 4,676 |
• Density | 240/km2 (620/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• White | 69.31% |
• Coloured | 22.54% |
• Black African | 6.67% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.34% |
• Other | 1.13% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 82.84% |
• English | 13.77% |
• Xhosa | 0.88% |
• Sotho | 0.31% |
• Other | 2.2% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 6740 |
PO box | 6740 |
Area code | 028 |
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