Yzerfontein
Sign in to savethumb|Yzerfontein in 2006 Yzerfontein, or Ysterfontein, is a small harbour town with about 1200 inhabitants on the west coast of South Africa about 90 km north of Cape Town. The name in Afrikaans means "Iron Fountain".The town started out when the farm 'Yzerfontein' was bought by the Katz-family in the 1930s. Then they started dividing the farm into plots. The main sources of income are tourism (especially during the wildflower season from August to October), mining and fishing.
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- Yzerfontein
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- Yzerfontein seen from the town harbour
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- South Africa Western Cape#South Africa
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- Country
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- South Africa
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- Province
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- Western Cape
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- District
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- West Coast
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- Municipality
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- Swartland
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- Main Place
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- Established
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- 1937
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- 6.68
- Settlement.population_total
- 2170
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thumb|Yzerfontein in 2006 Yzerfontein, or Ysterfontein, is a small harbour town with about 1200 inhabitants on the west coast of South Africa about 90 km north of Cape Town. The name in Afrikaans means "Iron Fountain".The town started out when the farm 'Yzerfontein' was bought by the Katz-family in the 1930s. Then they started dividing the farm into plots. The main sources of income are tourism (especially during the wildflower season from August to October), mining and fishing.
thumb|Beach at Yzerfontein Yzerfontein is known for its Sixteen Mile Beach, stretching north from the main beach of the town, to the West Coast National Park, which borders the town. Dassen Island, another nature reserve, is about 10 km offshore.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yzerfontein” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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