Klapmuts
Klapmuts is the name of both a hill, and a town which formed at its foot. They are located in Cape Winelands District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Drakenstein Lion Park.
Drakenstein Lion Park
Zoo
Drakenstein Lion Park is a zoological park in Drakenstein, Western Cape, South Africa. It was established in 1998 to keep lions which could not be rehabilitated into the wilderness, and was meant to replace the now-defunct Tygerberg Zoo, which housed possible descendants of the Cape lion, amongst other animals. Drakenstein Lion Park is situated 4 km east of Klapmuts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Simondium.
Simondium
Village
Simondium is a hamlet 8 kilometres south of Paarl in western South Africa. It was named after Pierre Simond, Huguenot minister at the Cape. Simondium is situated 9 km southeast of Klapmuts.
Klapmuts
- Type: Village with 9,230 residents
- Description: village in the Western Cape, South Africa
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Stellenbosch, Cape Winelands District Municipality, Cape Winelands, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-33.80542° or 33° 48′ 20″ south
Longitude
18.86968° or 18° 52′ 11″ east
Population
9,230
Elevation
174 metres (571 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ZA KLX
Open location code
4FRW5VV9+RV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Klapmuts” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Klapmuts”
- Asturian: “Klapmuts”
- Dutch: “Klapmuts”
- Estonian: “Klapmuts”
- Italian: “Klapmuts”
- Pedi: “Klapmuts”
- Persian: “کالپموتس”
- Russian: “Клапмютс”
- Turkish: “Klapmuts”
- Zulu: “IKlapmuts”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Historic hotel (threatened heritage asset-Grade IIIa) and Klapmuts.
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