Swellendam

Swellendam is in the region. It's one of the oldest European settlements in South Africa. The town has over 50 provincial heritage sites, most of them buildings of Cape Dutch architecture.
  • Town with about 17,500 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 130 metres (420 feet)
  • Description: town in Western Cape, South Africa

Places of Interest

Highlights include Drostdy Museum.
Museum
is located in Swellendam, .
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Latitude
-34.0211° or 34° 1′ 16″ south
Longitude
20.4419° or 20° 26′ 31″ east
UN/LOCODE
ZA SWE
Open location code
4GQ2XCHR+HQ
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Swellendam” goes by many names.
SwellendamAfrikaans
سويليندامArabic
ՍվելլենդամArmenian
SwellendamAsturian
SwellendamBreton
ШвелендамBulgarian
SwellendamCatalan
SwellendamCebuano
斯維勒丹Chinese
斯韋倫丹Chinese
斯韦伦丹Chinese
SwellendamDanish
SwellendamDutch
Swellendam (stad)Dutch
سويليندامEgyptian Arabic
SwellendamEstonian
SwellendamHakka Chinese
SwellendamHausa
סוולנדאםHebrew
SwellendamItalian
スウェレンダムJapanese
스웰렌담Korean
SwellendamMalagasy
SwellendamNorwegian
SwellendamNorwegian Bokmål
SwellendamPedi
SwellendamPolish
SwellendamRomanian
СвеллендамRussian
SwellendamSwahili
Republiken SwellendamSwedish
سویلینڈمUrdu
ISwellendamZulu

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