De Rust
De Rust is a small village at the gateway to the Klein Karoo, South Africa. 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.
De Rust
- Type: Town with 4,270 residents
- Description: village in the Western Cape, South Africa
- Category: locality
- Location: Mossel Bay Local Municipality, Garden Route District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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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
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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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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