Western Cape
Cape Winelands District Municipality
Drakenstein Local Municipality

Paarl Rock

Paarl Rock is a peak in , , and has an elevation of 542 metres. Paarl Rock is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Afrikaans Language Monument and Huguenot railway station.

Monument
Photo: Chell Hill, CC BY 2.5.
The is located on a hill overlooking , 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.

Railway station
is the main passenger railway station in the town of , , . It is served by Metrorail commuter trains on the Northern Line.

School
La Rochelle Girls' High School, in is the oldest girls' school in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Paarl and Denneburg.

Photo: Tim Parkinson, CC BY 2.0.
is the third-oldest town in and is approximately 60 km to the north-west of . It is famous for having one of the world's largest rock outcrops.

Suburb
Paarl is a town with 294,457 inhabitants in the province of . It is the largest town in the . Due to the growth of the Mbekweni township, it is now a de facto urban unit with Wellington.

Paarl Rock

Latitude
-33.7403° or 33° 44′ 25″ south
Longitude
18.9495° or 18° 56′ 58″ east
Elevation
542 metres (1,778 feet)
Open location code
4FRW7W5X+VQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 534447483
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
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