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Langebaan
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Langebaan is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa on the eastern shore of Langebaan Lagoon.

Key facts

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Langebaan
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Top: Langebaan as viewed from Postberg, West Coast National Park, with Engelsman se Baken mountains in the distance. Left: fishermen at the Langebaan pier. Right: Langebaan seen from across the Langebaan lagoon. Bottom left: Langebaan beach. Bottom right: an aerial view of Lanagebaan pier and central area from the West Coast National park.
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South Africa Western Cape#South Africa#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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Saldanha Bay
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Main Place
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Established
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Councillor
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20.17
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8297
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2011
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auto

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
town
Image
Langebaan-2013.jpg
Dialing code
022
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Commons category
Langebaan
postal code
7357
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Langebaan today
  • Langebaan Lagoon
  • References
  • External links

Langebaan is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa on the eastern shore of Langebaan Lagoon.

Langebaan is situated 120 km north of Cape Town, just off the R27, about 28 km from Vredenburg and 20 km from Saldanha Bay. The Lagoon stretches for 17 km from Saldanha Bay, past Langebaan to Geelbek in the South. In places it is up to 4 km wide.

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

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