Napier

Napier is a village at the foot of the Soetmuisberg, between Caledon and . A blend of century-old cottages and modern houses, surrounded by the rolling farmland which typifies the Overberg region of , give the village a rural atmosphere.
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  • Type: Town with 4,210 residents
  • Description: town
  • Also known as: Napier, South Africa” and “Napier, Western Cape

Napier

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
node 262721558
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3363792
Wiki­data ID
Q676470
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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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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 “Napier”. Photo: Suidpunt, Public domain.