Hermanus

Hermanus is a picturesque seaside town on south coast, near the and about 90 min drive from Cape Town. It is particularly famous as the "best land-based whale watching destination in the world", with southern right whales easily seen from shore during winter and spring months.
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  • Type: Town with 32,800 residents
  • Description: town in the Western Cape, South Africa
  • Also known as: “Hermanuspietersfontein” and “ハーマナス”
Photo: Pundit, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

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Hermanus

Latitude
-34.4175° or 34° 25′ 3″ south
Longitude
19.2361° or 19° 14′ 10″ east
Population
32,800
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
UN/LOCODE
ZA HMS
Open location code
4FQXH6MP+2C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29162331
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3366880
Wiki­data ID
Q1613480
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Hermanus” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Hermanus”
  • Arabic: “هيرمانوس”
  • Asturian: “Hermanus”
  • Catalan: “Hermanus”
  • Cebuano: “Hermanus (kapital sa munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Hermanus”
  • Chinese: “赫曼努斯”
  • Chinese: “赫爾馬努斯”
  • Dutch: “Hermanus”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هيرمانوس”
  • Estonian: “Hermanus”
  • French: “Hermanus”
  • Galician: “Hermanus”
  • German: “Hermanus”
  • Italian: “Hermanus”
  • Japanese: “ヘルマナス”
  • Malagasy: “Hermanus”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hermanus”
  • Pedi: “Hermanus”
  • Polish: “Hermanus”
  • Portuguese: “Hermanus”
  • Romanian: “Hermanus”
  • Russian: “Херманус”
  • Spanish: “Hermanus”
  • Swedish: “Hermanus”
  • Ukrainian: “Германус”
  • Urdu: “ہرمینس”
  • Vietnamese: “Hermanus”
  • Zulu: “IHermanus”

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