Oudtshoorn
Oudtshoorn is "the ostrich capital of the world", in South Africa's Western Cape Karoo, and world-known for its ostrich farms and the nearby Cango Caves.Photo: Leo za1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: South African Tourism, CC BY 2.0.
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Places of Interest
Highlights include CP Nel Museum and St Jude’s Church.
CP Nel Museum
Museum
Photo: Suzi-k, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The CP Nel Museum is a museum in Oudtshoorn, South Africa, which houses exhibits depicting the role of the ostrich trade in the town's history, as well as the cultural history and lifestyle of the people of the Little Karoo region, as it was during the Victorian era and early 20th century.
Oudtshoorn Airport
Aerodrome
Oudtshoorn Airport is a small airport that serves the town of Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Oudtshoorn
- Type: Town with 61,500 residents
- Description: town in the Western Cape, South Africa
- Category: locality
- Location: Mossel Bay Local Municipality, Garden Route District Municipality, Western Cape Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.5903° or 33° 35′ 25″ southLongitude
22.2042° or 22° 12′ 15″ eastPopulation
61,500Elevation
319 metres (1,047 feet)Inception
1857IATA airport code
OUHUnited Nations Location Code
ZA OUHOpen location code
4GR4C653+VMOpenStreetMap ID
node 4982803055OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Oudtshoorn” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Oudtshoorn”
- Armenian: “Օուդսհորն”
- Asturian: “Oudtshoorn”
- Bulgarian: “Оудсхорн”
- Catalan: “Oudtshoorn”
- Cebuano: “Oudtshoorn”
- Chinese: “奥茨胡恩”
- Chinese: “奧茨胡恩”
- Czech: “Oudtshoorn”
- Danish: “Oudtshoorn”
- Dutch: “Oudtshoorn”
- Esperanto: “Oudtshoorn”
- Estonian: “Oudtshoorn”
- French: “Oudtshoorn”
- German: “Oudtshoorn”
- Hebrew: “אאודטסהורן”
- Hindi: “ओड्सटॉर्न”
- Irish: “Oudtshoorn”
- Italian: “Oudtshoorn”
- Japanese: “オウツフルン”
- Malagasy: “Oudtshoorn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Oudtshoorn”
- Pedi: “Oudtshoorn”
- Polish: “Oudtshoorn”
- Romanian: “Oudtshoorn”
- Russian: “Оудсхорн”
- Russian: “Оудсхурн”
- Slovenian: “Oudtshoorn”
- Spanish: “Oudtshoorn”
- Swahili: “Oudtshoorn”
- Swedish: “Oudtshoorn”
- Turkish: “Oudtshoorn”
- Urdu: “اوڈٹشورن”
- Venda: “Oudtshoorn”
- Western Panjabi: “اوڈٹشورن”
- Zulu: “I-Oudtshoorn”
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