Paarl

Paarl (; ; derived from parel, meaning "pearl" in Dutch) 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. It is situated about northeast of Cape Town in the Western Cape Province and is known for its scenic environment and viticulture and fruit-growing heritage.

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Vinony's link graph records 750 inbound references to Paarl, and connects out to Afrikaans, Western Cape and Coloured.

The entry is geolocated on the map in ZA, across 3 mapped points.

Vinony files it under 1657 establishments in the Dutch Empire, Paarl and Populated places established by the Dutch East India Company.

Vinony links it to 35 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Paarl
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.pushpin_map: South Africa Western Cape#South Africa#Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Western Cape
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Cape Winelands
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Drakenstein
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Main Place
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 1839
Settlement.leader_title: Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2: 64.61
Settlement.elevation_m: 120
Settlement.population_total: 294,457

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Wikidata facts

Population: 112045
Area: 65
Elevation: 132
Official website: www.drakenstein.gov.za
Image: Paarl view.jpg
Dialing code: 021

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Commons category: Paarl
inception: 1657-01-01
postal code: 7620
P12749: Tlumach

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Demographics
Main sights
Districts
Education
Climate
Transport
Notable people
Coats of arms
See also
References
External links

Paarl is the seat of the Drakenstein Local Municipality; although not part of the Cape Town metropolitan area, it falls within its economic catchment. Paarl is unusual among South African place-names, in being pronounced differently in English than in Afrikaans; likewise unusual about the town's name is Afrikaners customary attachment to it, saying not in Paarl, but rather in die Paarl, or in die Pêrel (literally, "in the Paarl").

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paarl” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.