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Paternoster

Paternoster is a small, traditional fishing village turned holiday destination. It is located on the northern shores of a small cape, Cape Columbine, on the of .
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  • Type: Town with 2,360 residents
  • Description: town in Western Cape, South Africa
  • Also known as: “Paternoster, South Africa”

Paternoster

Latitude
-32.809° or 32° 48′ 33″ south
Longitude
17.8917° or 17° 53′ 30″ east
Population
2,360
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
4FVV5VRR+9M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 262721897
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3363003
Wiki­data ID
Q1021700
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Paternoster” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Paternoster”
  • Asturian: “Paternoster, Western Cape”
  • Dutch: “Paternoster”
  • Estonian: “Paternoster”
  • French: “Paternoster”
  • German: “Paternoster”
  • Italian: “Paternoster (Sudafrica)”
  • Italian: “Paternoster”
  • Pedi: “Paternoster”
  • Portuguese: “Paternoster, Cabo Ocidental”
  • Portuguese: “Paternoster”
  • Romanian: “Paternoster”
  • Swedish: “Paternoster, Sydafrika”
  • Swedish: “Paternoster”
  • Zulu: “IPaternoster, INtshonalanga Kapa”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Paternoster”. Photo: Pbsouthwood, CC BY-SA 3.0.