Calvinia
Calvinia is a regional town in the Northern Cape province of South Africa named after the French religious reformer Jean Calvin. The town falls under the Hantam Local Municipality which forms part of the Namakwa District Municipality.Places of Interest
Highlights: Dutch Reformed Church, Calvinia.
Calvinia
- Type: Town with 8,150 residents
- Description: town in the Northern Cape, South Africa
- Category: locality
- Location: Hantam, Namakwa, Northern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-31.46944° or 31° 28′ 10″ south
Longitude
19.77722° or 19° 46′ 38″ east
Population
8,150
Elevation
987 metres (3,238 feet)
Open location code
4FWXGQJG+6V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Venda—“Calvinia” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Calvinia”
- Asturian: “Calvinia”
- Catalan: “Calvinia”
- Cebuano: “Calvinia”
- Chinese: “卡尔维尼亚”
- Chinese: “卡爾維尼亞”
- Danish: “Calvinia”
- Dutch: “Calvinia”
- Estonian: “Calvinia”
- French: “Calvinia”
- German: “Calvinia”
- Italian: “Calvinia”
- Japanese: “カルビニア”
- Malagasy: “Calvinia”
- Pedi: “Calvinia”
- Romanian: “Calvinia”
- Russian: “Калвиния”
- Russian: “Кальвиния”
- Spanish: “Calvinia”
- Swedish: “Calvinia”
- Venda: “Calvinia”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Calvinia West.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Calvinia Museum and Calvinia Steam Locomotive.
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