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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: populated place in Western Cape, South Africa
- Also known as: “Elgin, South Africa”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grabouw.
Grabouw
Town
Photo: Danie van der Merwe, CC BY 2.0.
Grabouw is a town located in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Grabouw is located some 65 km south-east of Cape Town, over Sir Lowry's Pass from Somerset West, along the N2 highway. Grabouw is situated 2½ km west of Elgin.
Elgin
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Theewaterskloof Local Municipality, Overberg, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-34.14861° or 34° 8′ 55″ southLongitude
19.04278° or 19° 2′ 34″ eastElevation
281 metres (922 feet)Open location code
4FQXV22V+H4OpenStreetMap ID
node 262720026OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Elgin” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Elgin”
- Catalan: “Elgin”
- Dutch: “Elgin”
- French: “Vallée d’Elgin”
- German: “Elgin”
- Irish: “Elgin”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Elgin (Sør-Afrika)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Elgin”
- Norwegian: “Elgin”
- Zulu: “I-Elgin, INtshonalanga Kapa”
- Zulu: “I-Elgin”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Elgin and Elgin Railway Market.
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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 “Elgin”. Photo: Abu Shawka, CC0.