Gansbaai
Gansbaai is a town in the Overberg region, Western Cape, South Africa. Gansbaai is a quaint little fishing village that bloomed into the Great White Capital of the World.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 16,000 residents
- Description: town in the Western Cape, South Africa
- Also known as: “Gans Bay”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include De Kelders and Van Dyks Bay.
De Kelders
Suburb
De Kelders is a coastal village in the Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa.
Van Dyks Bay
Village
Van Dyks Bay is a settlement in Overberg District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Van Dyks Bay is situated 3½ km south of Gansbaai.
Kleinbaai
Village
Kleinbaai is a settlement in Overberg District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Kleinbaai is located on the Danger Point Peninsula, 6 km from Gansbaai. Kleinbaai is situated 3½ km south of Gansbaai.
Gansbaai
- Category: locality
- Location: Overstrand Local Municipality, Overberg, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-34.5828° or 34° 34′ 58″ southLongitude
19.3522° or 19° 21′ 8″ eastPopulation
16,000Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 29162497OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Gansbaai” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Gansbaai”
- Asturian: “Gansbaai”
- Bengali: “গানস্বাই”
- Bulgarian: “Гансбаи”
- Cebuano: “Gansbaai”
- Chinese: “干斯拜”
- Chinese: “幹斯拜”
- Dutch: “Gansbaai”
- Estonian: “Gansbaai”
- French: “Gansbaai”
- German: “Gansbaai”
- Hebrew: “גאנסבאי”
- Italian: “Gansbaai”
- Latin: “Gansbaai”
- Pedi: “Gansbaai”
- Romanian: “Gansbaai”
- Russian: “Хансбай”
- Swedish: “Gansbaai”
- Zulu: “IGansbaai”
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