Beaufort West

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Beaufort West
Beaufort West (South Africa)
Beaufort West
Beaufort West
Coordinates 32 ° 21 '15 "  S , 22 ° 35' 9"  E Coordinates: 32 ° 21 '15 "  S , 22 ° 35' 9"  O
Basic data
Country South Africa

province

Western cape
District Central Karoo
ISO 3166-2 ZA toilet
local community Beaufort West ,
height 650 m
surface 56.5 km²
Residents 34,085 (2011)
density 603.3  Ew. / km²
founding 1818
Main street through Beaufort West
Main street through Beaufort West

Beaufort West (Engl.) Or Beaufort-Wes ( Afrikaans ) is a town in the municipality of Beaufort West , Central Karoo District , Western Cape Province in South Africa , with 34,085 inhabitants. Neighboring cities are Laingsburg (198 kilometers away), Prince Albert (159 kilometers away) and Oudtshoorn, 179 kilometers away .

The parish was founded in 1818 and named after Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort Beaufort . Somerset was the father of Governor Charles Henry Somerset , the governor of the Cape Colony .

tourism

Several historical buildings shape the image of Beaufort West. The Stadshuis , which was built in 1867 and is located in Donkin Street, is particularly worth seeing . The former town hall is now a museum, in which the life of the world-famous heart surgeon Christiaan Barnard and his first heart transplant are presented in around 1,000 exhibits.

Ten kilometers from the city is the 80,000 hectare Karoo National Park . Buffalos, rhinos, mountain zebras and black eagles live there . In addition to hiking or driving in your own car, the nature park can be explored on the "fossil educational trail", as there are some paleontological finds in this region.

Beaufort West is also known for the numerous sheep farms.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census Beaufort West , New Town , Kwa-Mandlenkosi , Rustdene (added), accessed on November 17, 2013