Western Cape
Garden Route District Municipality
Mossel Bay Local Municipality

De Rust

De Rust is a small village at the gateway to the Klein Karoo, . The name is Dutch and literally translates to "The Rest", referring to the town's original purpose of being a resting place for settlers en route through the challenging terrain of a nearby Swartberg gorge.
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De Rust

Latitude
-33.48959° or 33° 29′ 23″ south
Longitude
22.53527° or 22° 32′ 7″ east
Population
4,270
Elevation
475 metres (1,558 feet)
Open location code
4GR4GG6P+54
Open­Street­Map ID
node 262719799
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1010728
Wiki­data ID
Q1021906
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“De Rust” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “De Rust”
  • Asturian: “De Rust”
  • Catalan: “De Rust”
  • Cebuano: “De Rust”
  • Dutch: “De Rust”
  • Estonian: “De Rust”
  • French: “De Rust”
  • German: “De Rust”
  • Italian: “De Rust”
  • Malagasy: “De Rust”
  • Pedi: “De Rust”
  • Romanian: “De Rust”
  • Russian: “Де-Рюст”
  • Spanish: “De Rust”
  • Turkish: “De Rust”
  • Ukrainian: “Де-Руст”
  • Zulu: “IDe Rust”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “De Rust”. Photo: Suzi-k, CC BY-SA 3.0.