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English: Map of municipal boundaries in the Western Cape, as they will be after the municipal elections of 18 May 2011, with the Stellenbosch Local Municipality highlighted in red. Based on File:Map of the Western Cape with municipalities blank (2011).svg.
Stellenbosch Local Municipality: WC024 Cape Winelands Stellenbosch: 831 173,197 208.4 Swartland Local Municipality: WC015 West Coast Malmesbury: 3,707 133,762 36.1 Swellendam Local Municipality: WC034 Overberg Swellendam: 3,835 40,211 10.5 Theewaterskloof Local Municipality: WC031 Overberg Caledon: 3,259 117,167 36.0 Witzenberg Local ...
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Stellenbosch (/ ˈ s t ɛ l ə n b ɒ s /; [3] Afrikaans: [ˈstælənˌbɔs]) [4] [5] is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, situated about 50 kilometres (31 miles) east of Cape Town, along the banks of the Eerste River at the foot of the Stellenbosch Mountain.
Stellenbosch Municipality (Afrikaans: Stellenbosch Munisipaliteit, Xhosa: uMasipala wase Stellenbosch) is the local municipality that governs the towns of Stellenbosch, Franschhoek and Pniel, and the surrounding rural areas, in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
The farm was called Stellenburgh (later changed to Stellenburg), and was originally owned by Johannes (Joan) Blesius in 1705. Blesius named it after the Stellenbosch Mountain which one could see from the farm. Stellenbosch is named after the Governor of the Cape Colony, Simon van der Stel. Blesius was awarded the farm by Willem Adriaan van der ...
The village was named after James Rattray (1859–1938), [16] [17] a Stellenbosch businessman who owned a butchery in Dorp Street. [12] He was the grandson of Scottish teacher James Rattray (c. 1795–1864) who immigrated to the Cape Colony in 1822, one of several British people recruited to the colony by Scottish missionary George Thom at the ...
Avontuur; Albertinia; Amaliënstein; Bergplaas; Boggomsbaai; Bracken Hill; Brandwag; Brenton-on-Sea; Buffelsbaai; Calitzdorp; Dana Baai; De Hoop; De Rust; De Vlugt ...