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Knysna (/ ˈ n aɪ z n ə /; Afrikaans pronunciation:) is a town with 76,150 inhabitants (2019 mid-year estimates) in the Western Cape province of South Africa.It is one of the destinations on the loosely defined Garden Route tourist route.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) This is a list of the heritage sites in Knysna, situated in the Western Cape, as recognized by the South African Heritage Resources Agency. SAHRA identifier Site name Description Town District NHRA status Coordinates Image 9/2/052/0001 Old Gaol, Queen ...
Featherbed Nature Reserve is situated within the Cape Floristic Region.Its vegetation is characterised by Knysna Sand Fynbos and coastal dune thicket. Large portions of the fynbos, and large stands of invasive alien vegetation [6] (particularly rooikrans - Acacia cyclops), which once infested the Reserve, were decimated by fires in the 2017 Cape storm and Kynsna fires. [7]
It was established on 6 March 2009 by amalgamating the existing Tsitsikamma and Wilderness National Parks, the Knysna National Lake Area, and various other areas of state-owned land. [ 1 ] The park covers about 1,210 km 2 (470 sq mi) of land; of this, about 685 km 2 (264 sq mi) was already part of the predecessor national parks.
The area which is now Pledge Nature Reserve has a long history of use by the townspeople and Knysna division of the Girl Guides South Africa, and the Brownie movement. [1] However, the area was only established as a Local Nature Reserve in the Government Gazette of South Africa Notice 726 on 11 October 1991. [2]
The Knysna–Amatole montane forests ecoregion, of the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests biome, is in South Africa. It covers an Afromontane area of 3,100 square kilometres (1,200 sq mi) in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces.
Gouna is a village in the Western Cape in South Africa.The village lies about 6 km north of Knysna, 11 km east of Rheenendal and about 12 km northwest of Bracken Hill.Located in the Knysna forests, the village lies on a hill that forms part of the Outeniqua Mountains.
Karatara is a town in Knysna Local Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Settlement and forestry station on the Karatara River which flows southwards into Swartvlei. It is situated 5 km west of Barrington and some 40 km northwest of Knysna. It was founded in 1941.