Nuwerus
Nuwerus is a settlement in Matzikama Municipality, West Coast District in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Village 16 km south-east of Bitterfontein and 70 km north-west of Vanrhynsdorp. The name is Afrikaans and means ‘new rest’.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 650 residents
- Description: human settlement in South Africa
- Also known as: “Nieuwerust”
Nuwerus
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Matzikama Local Municipality, West Coast, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-31.14833° or 31° 8′ 54″ southLongitude
18.35861° or 18° 21′ 31″ eastPopulation
650Elevation
363 metres (1,191 feet)Open location code
4FWWV925+MCOpenStreetMap ID
node 262714218OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3363466Wikidata ID
Q7070683
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Russian—“Nuwerus” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Nuwerus”
- Asturian: “Nuwerus”
- Dutch: “Nuwerus”
- Estonian: “Nuwerus”
- German: “Nuwerus”
- Italian: “Nuwerus”
- Pedi: “Nuwerus”
- Russian: “Ньиверуст”
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