Faure, South Africa

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Faure
Faure is located in Western Cape
Faure
Faure
Coordinates: 34°01′52″S 18°45′11″E / 34.031°S 18.753°E / -34.031; 18.753Coordinates: 34°01′52″S 18°45′11″E / 34.031°S 18.753°E / -34.031; 18.753
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceWestern Cape
MunicipalityCity of Cape Town
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
7131

Faure is a hamlet some 16 km south-west of Stellenbosch and 13 km north-west of Strand. Administratively it is a suburb of the City of Cape Town, and is in the Helderberg region.[1] Nearby is the kramat or tomb of Sheik Yusuf (1626-1699), an Islamic expatriate priest. Faure is a common surname; it is uncertain after whom this place was named. It may have been named after Pieter Faure, the name of South Africa’s first trawler which arrived in Table Bay in 1897.[2]

See also[]

  • Faure level crossing accident

References[]

  1. ^ "Official planning suburbs". Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  2. ^ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 162. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
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