Papiesvlei | |
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![]() Flowers in the Sandies Glen Private Nature Reserve near Papiesvlei. | |
Coordinates: 34°29′00″S19°35′00″E / 34.48333°S 19.58333°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Western Cape |
District | Overberg |
Municipality | Overstrand |
Papiesvlei is a small dispersed village in the Western Cape province of South Africa. [1] The settlement lies in the Strandveld region, 14 km northeast of Uilenkraalsmond, 11 km north of Baardskeerdersbos and about 12 km southeast of Stanford.
The town's coordinates are 34°29'00"S 19°35'00"E. [2]
In the 2011 South African census the settlement's population was recorded 980 people living in 379 households. [3]
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