For the district in England, see Somerset West and Taunton.
Place in Western Cape, South Africa
Somerset West
Somerset-Wes
From top: Aerial view of Somerset West with Helderberg Mountain; left: Vergelegen Estate; during the winter; Left: The Old Lourens River Bridge is a provincial heritage site; Right: Erinvale Estate.
Benedicta van Minnen (Ward 15); Stuart Bruce Pringle (Ward 84)
Area
[1]
• Total
61.37 km2 (23.70 sq mi)
Population
(2011)[1]
• Total
55,166
• Density
900/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
• Black African
13.0%
• Coloured
24.5%
• Indian/Asian
0.9%
• White
60.1%
• Other
1.6%
First languages (2011)
[1]
• Afrikaans
52.3%
• English
37.5%
• Xhosa
4.8%
• Other
5.3%
Time zone
UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
7130
PO box
7129
Area code
+27 (0)21
Somerset West (Afrikaans: Somerset-Wes) is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa. Organisationally and administratively it is included in the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality Eastern Suburbs zone (formerly called Helderberg Basin).[2]
The vehicle registration code for Somerset West is CFM and the post code is 7130 for street addresses, and 7129 for post office boxes.
^ abcd"Main Place Somerset West". Census 2011.
^"Official planning suburbs". Retrieved 17 March 2019.
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