La Rochelle Girls‘ High School
La Rochelle Girls' High School, in Paarl is the oldest girls' school in South Africa.- Type: School
- Description: High School in South Africa
- Also known as: “La Rochelle Girls’ High School”
- Address: Paarl, Western Cape 7646
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Paarl Boys‘ High School and Huguenot railway station.
Paarl Boys‘ High School
School
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Paarl Boys' High School, known in Afrikaans as Hoër Jongenskool Paarl, is a public dual-medium high school for boys and is one of the oldest schools in South Africa, built in 1868. Paarl Boys‘ High School is situated 440 metres southwest of La Rochelle Girls‘ High School.
Huguenot railway station
Railway station
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Huguenot railway station is the main passenger railway station in the town of Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa. It is served by Metrorail commuter trains on the Northern Line. Huguenot railway station is situated 1½ km northeast of La Rochelle Girls‘ High School.
Afrikaans Language Monument
Monument
Photo: Chell Hill, CC BY 2.5.
The Afrikaans Language Monument is located on a hill overlooking Paarl, 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. Afrikaans Language Monument is situated 4 km southwest of La Rochelle Girls‘ High School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paarl and Denneburg.
Paarl
Photo: Tim Parkinson, CC BY 2.0.
Paarl is the third-oldest town in South Africa and is approximately 60 km to the north-west of Cape Town. It is famous for having one of the world's largest rock outcrops.
Denneburg
Suburb
Paarl is a town with 294,457 inhabitants in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is the largest town in the Cape Winelands. Due to the growth of the Mbekweni township, it is now a de facto urban unit with Wellington.
La Rochelle Girls‘ High School
Latitude
-33.73715° or 33° 44′ 14″ southLongitude
18.96512° or 18° 57′ 54″ eastOpen location code
4FRW7X78+42OpenStreetMap ID
way 231204564OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q6464928
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In Other Languages
“La Rochelle Girls‘ High School” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Hoër Meisieskool La Rochelle”
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