Somerset East

Somerset East, at the foot of the Boschberg Mountains, is a town of 19,000 people in that's known for its natural environment and for its provincial heritage sites and buildings.
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  • Type: Town with 18,800 residents
  • Description: town in South Africa
  • Also known as: “KwaNojoli”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Andries Vosloo Hospital and Gill College.

Hospital
is a Provincial government funded for the area in Somerset East, in .

School
is a dual-medium, co-educational South African high school in KwaNojoli, formerly Somerset East, . It provides quality education through grades 8–12, serving students from all cultural backgrounds.

Somerset East

Latitude
-32.7183° or 32° 43′ 6″ south
Longitude
25.5889° or 25° 35′ 20″ east
Population
18,800
Elevation
748 metres (2,454 feet)
Inception
1825
United Nations Location Code
ZA ZBX
Open location code
4GV77HJQ+MH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 262716138
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
954161
Wiki­data ID
Q1021900
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Somerset East” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Somerset-Oos”
  • Asturian: “Somerset East”
  • Cebuano: “Somerset East”
  • Chinese: “东索梅塞特”
  • Chinese: “東索梅塞特”
  • Dutch: “Somerset East”
  • Dutch: “Somerset-Oos”
  • Dutch: “Somerset-Oost”
  • Estonian: “Somerset East”
  • Finnish: “Somerset East”
  • French: “Somerset East”
  • German: “KwaNojoli”
  • German: “Somerset East”
  • Italian: “Somerset East”
  • Malagasy: “Somerset East”
  • Pedi: “Somerset East”
  • Polish: “Somerset East”
  • Romanian: “Somerset-Oos”
  • Russian: “Сомерсет-Ист”
  • Slovenian: “Somerset East”
  • Southern Sotho: “Somerset East”
  • Swati: “Somerset East”
  • Urdu: “سمرسیٹ ایسٹ”
  • Zulu: “ISomerset East”

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