Afrikaans Language Monument

The Afrikaans Language Monument 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.
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  • Type: Monument
  • Description: architectural structure
  • Also known as: “Taal Monument”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Paarl Boys‘ High School and La Rochelle Girls‘ High School.

School
Photo: Aliyahreflections, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Paarl Boys' High School, known in Afrikaans as Hoër Jongenskool Paarl, is a dual-medium high school for boys and is one of the oldest schools in South Africa, built in 1868. is situated 3½ km northeast of Afrikaans Language Monument.

School
La Rochelle Girls' High School, in is the oldest girls' school in . is situated 4 km northeast of Afrikaans Language Monument.

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. is situated 5 km northeast of Afrikaans Language Monument.

Village
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC0.
is the name of both a hill, and a town which formed at its foot. They are located in in the province of . is situated 8 km southwest of Afrikaans Language Monument.

Afrikaans Language Monument

Latitude
-33.76576° or 33° 45′ 57″ south
Longitude
18.9426° or 18° 56′ 33″ east
Inception
October 10th, 1975
Open location code
4FRW6WMV+M2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 185988941
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Wiki­data ID
Q385577
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Afrikaans Language Monument” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Afrikaanse taalmonument”
  • Afrikaans: “Afrikaanse Taalmonument”
  • Afrikaans: “Die Afrikaanse Taalmonument”
  • Afrikaans: “Taalmonument”
  • Belarusian: “Помнік мове афрыкаанс”
  • Dutch: “Afrikaans Taalmonument”
  • Dutch: “Afrikaanse Taalmonument”
  • Dutch: “Die Afrikaanse Taalmonument”
  • Estonian: “Afrikaani keele monument”
  • Finnish: “Afrikaanse Taalmonument”
  • French: “Le Monument de la langue Afrikaans”
  • French: “monument de la langue Afrikaans”
  • French: “Monument de la langue afrikaans”
  • French: “Monument de la langue Afrikaans”
  • French: “Monument De La Langue Afrikaans”
  • German: “Afrikaanse Taalmonument”
  • Hausa: “Tarihin Harshen Afrikaans”
  • Indonesian: “Monumen Bahasa Afrikaans”
  • Javanese: “Monumen basa Afrikaans”
  • Javanese: “Monumèn basa Afrikaans”
  • Javanese: “Monumèn Basa Afrikaans”
  • Malay: “Monumen bahasa Afrikaans”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Afrikaans språkmonument”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Afrikaanse Taalmonument”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Taalmonument”
  • Norwegian: “Afrikaanse Taalmonument”
  • Polish: “Afrikans Language Monument”
  • Polish: “Pomnik Języka Afrikaans”
  • Portuguese: “Afrikaanse Taalmonument”
  • Russian: “Памятник языку африкаанс”
  • Spanish: “Monumento de la lengua afrikaans”
  • Spanish: “Monumento de la lengua afrikáans”
  • Sundanese: “Monumen basa Afrikaans”
  • Sundanese: “Monumén basa Afrikaans”
  • Swiss German: “Afrikaanse Taalmonument”
  • Tatar: “Африкаанс теленә һәйкәл”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Afrikaanse Taalmonument”
  • Welsh: “Cofeb yr Iaith Afrikaans”
  • Zeeuws: “Die Afrikaanse Taalmonument”

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Highlights include Visitor Center and Taalmonumenr Amfiteater.

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