Paarl
Paarl is a railway stop in Drakenstein Local Municipality, Cape Winelands District Municipality, Western Cape. Paarl is situated nearby to the suburb Denneburg.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Afrikaans Language Monument and La Rochelle Girls‘ High School.
Afrikaans Language Monument
Monument
Photo: Chell Hill, CC BY 2.5.
The Afrikaans Language Monument is located on a hill overlooking Paarl, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Officially opened on 10 October 1975, it commemorates the semicentenary of Afrikaans being declared an official language of South Africa separate from Dutch. Afrikaans Language Monument is situated 2 km west of Paarl.
La Rochelle Girls‘ High School
School
La Rochelle Girls' High School, in Paarl is the oldest girls' school in South Africa. La Rochelle Girls‘ High School is situated 3 km north of Paarl.
Paarl Boys‘ High School
School
Photo: Aliyahreflections, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Paarl Boys' High School, known in Afrikaans as Hoër Jongenskool Paarl, is a public dual-medium high school for boys and is one of the oldest schools in South Africa, built in 1868. Paarl Boys‘ High School is situated 3 km north of Paarl.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paarl and Denneburg.
Paarl
Photo: Tim Parkinson, CC BY 2.0.
Paarl is the third-oldest town in South Africa and is approximately 60 km to the north-west of Cape Town. It is famous for having one of the world's largest rock outcrops.
Denneburg
Suburb
Paarl is a town with 294,457 inhabitants in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is the largest town in the Cape Winelands. Due to the growth of the Mbekweni township, it is now a de facto urban unit with Wellington. Denneburg is situated 4 km northeast of Paarl.
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 8 km south of Paarl.
Paarl
- Type: Railway stop
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Drakenstein Local Municipality, Cape Winelands District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-33.76476° or 33° 45′ 53″ southLongitude
18.96469° or 18° 57′ 53″ eastOpen location code
4FRW6XP7+3VOpenStreetMap ID
node 3040416707OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stop
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