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Malgas
Sign in to saveMalgas (or Malagas) is a settlement on the right (southwest) bank of the Breede River in the Overberg region of the Western Cape. It is situated 25 kilometres north-west of the Breede River mouth at Witsand, and 30 kilometres south-east of Swellendam.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in ZA, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Populated places in the Swellendam Local Municipality and Use South African English from May 2023.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Swellendam Local Municipality
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Malgas (or Malagas) is a settlement on the right (southwest) bank of the Breede River in the Overberg region of the Western Cape. It is situated 25 kilometres north-west of the Breede River mouth at Witsand, and 30 kilometres south-east of Swellendam.
"Malgas" is the Afrikaans for gannet. The word "malgas" is probably an adaptation of the , referring to the Cape gannet (Morus capensis) with its black-tipped wings. According to the 2011 census, Malgas has a population of 44 people in 20 households.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Malgas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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