Vanrhynsdorp
Vanrhynsdorp is a town located in the West Coast District Municipality of the Western Cape province in South Africa. Considered the oldest and most southern European-settled town in Namaqualand, Vanrhynsdorp serves as a gateway to the Succulent Karoo and Nama Karoo regions to the north and east.- Town with 7,520 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 114 metres (374 feet)
- …is also known as “Van Rhynsdorf”
Vanrhynsdorp
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Latitude
-31.60889° or 31° 36′ 32″ south
Longitude
18.74167° or 18° 44′ 30″ east
Open location code
4FWW9PRR+CM
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Vanrhynsdorp” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Vanrhynsdorp”
- Arabic: “فانرهينسدروب”
- Armenian: “Ֆանրեյնսդորպ”
- Asturian: “Vanrhynsdorp”
- Catalan: “Vanrhynsdorp”
- Dutch: “Vanrhynsdorp”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فانرهينسدروب”
- Estonian: “Vanrhynsdorp”
- Faroese: “Vanrhynsdorp”
- French: “Vanrhynsdorp”
- German: “Vanrhynsdorp”
- Italian: “Vanrhynsdorp”
- Pedi: “Vanrhynsdorp”
- Persian: “ونرهینسدرپ”
- Portuguese: “Vanrhynsdorp”
- Romanian: “Vanrhynsdorp”
- Russian: “Фанрейнсдорп”
- Welsh: “Vanrhynsdorp”
- Zulu: “IVanrhynsdorp”
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