Elgin
Elgin is a large, lush area of land, circled by mountains, in the Overberg region of South Africa. This broad upland valley lies about 70 km southeast of Cape Town, just beyond the Hottentots Holland Mountains.
- Suburb
- …lies at an elevation of around 280 metres (920 feet)
- …is also known as “Elgin, South Africa”
- Description: populated place in Western Cape, South Africa
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grabouw.
Grabouw
Grabouw is a town located in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
2½ km west of Elgin
Elgin
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Latitude
-34.14861° or 34° 8′ 55″ south
Longitude
19.04278° or 19° 2′ 34″ east
Open location code
4FQXV22V+H4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = suburb
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Elgin” goes by many names.
ElginAfrikaans
إلجينArabic
إلجين, جنوب إفريقياArabic
ElginCatalan
ElginDutch
ElginIrish
ElginNorwegian
ElginNorwegian Bokmål
Elgin (Sør-Afrika)Norwegian Bokmål
I-ElginZulu
I-Elgin, INtshonalanga KapaZulu
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