Napier
Napier is a village at the foot of the Soetmuisberg, between Caledon and Bredasdorp. A blend of century-old cottages and modern houses, surrounded by the rolling farmland which typifies the Overberg region of South Africa, give the village a rural atmosphere.- Type: Town with 4,210 residents
- Description: town
- Also known as: “Napier, South Africa” and “Napier, Western Cape”
Napier
- Category: locality
- Location: Cape Agulhas Local Municipality, Overberg, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-34.47472° or 34° 28′ 29″ south
Longitude
19.89806° or 19° 53′ 53″ east
Population
4,210
Elevation
152 metres (499 feet)
Inception
1838
United Nations Location Code
ZA NPR
Open location code
4FQXGVGX+46
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Napier” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Napier”
- Asturian: “Napier, Western Cape”
- Dutch: “Napier”
- Estonian: “Napier (LAV)”
- Estonian: “Napier”
- German: “Napier”
- Italian: “Napier (Sudafrica)”
- Italian: “Napier”
- Pedi: “Napier”
- Romanian: “Napier”
- Russian: “Напье”
- Zulu: “INapier, INtshonalanga Kapa”
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