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Raithby, South Africa
Raithby is a village in the Stellenbosch Local Municipality. As of the 2011 census, the village had a population of 908. It lies on the western side of the R44, just off the Winery Road that leaves the R44 to connect Stellenbosch Stellenbosch (; )A Universal Pronouncing Gazetteer.
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with Firgrove. Amenities in Raithby include a Methodist church and a church-owned primary school.


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Stellenbosch Local Municipality
Stellenbosch Municipality (, ) is the local municipality that governs the towns of Stellenbosch, Franschhoek and Pniel, and the surrounding rural areas, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It covers an area of , and as of 2022 had a population of 175,411 people. It falls within the Cape Winelands District Municipality. Geography The municipality covers an area of around the towns of Stellenbosch and Franschhoek. To the west and southwest it extends as far as the urban edge of the Cape Town metropolitan area, while to the east and southeast it is bounded by mountain ranges. The western part of the municipality around Stellenbosch and the eastern part in the Franschhoek valley are separated by mountains through which the Helshoogte Pass travels. The Stellenbosch Municipality abuts on the Drakenstein Municipality to the north, the Breede Valley Municipality to the northeast, the Theewaterskloof Municipality to the southeast and the City of Cape Town to the west and ...
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R44 (South Africa)
The R44 is a provincial route (South Africa), provincial route in Western Cape, South Africa that connects Piketberg with Kleinmond via Wellington, Western Cape, Wellington, Stellenbosch, Somerset West and Strand, Western Cape, Strand. The coastal section between Kleinmond and Gordon's Bay is a very scenic ocean drive. The section between Gordon's Bay and Stellenbosch via Strand and Somerset West is a dual carriageway. The R44 is co-signed with the R46 road (South Africa), R46 between Gouda, Western Cape, Gouda and Hermon, Western Cape, Hermon in the Berg River valley. Route The R44 begins in Piketberg at a roundabout junction with the N7 (South Africa), N7 national route and the R365 (South Africa), R365 road. It begins by heading east-south-east as Kerk Street to leave the town. It heads for 24 kilometres to the town of Porterville, South Africa, Porterville, where it turns to the south and passes through the town before heading another 35 kilometres, bypassing Saron, Sou ...
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Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch (; )A Universal Pronouncing Gazetteer.
Thomas Baldwin, 1852. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co.
A Grammar of Afrikaans.
Bruce C. Donaldson. 1993. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.
is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, situated about east of Cape Town, along the banks of the Eerste River at the foot of the Stellenbosch Mountain. The town became known as the City of Oaks or ''Eikestad'' in Afrikaans and Dutch language, Dutch due to the large number of oak trees that were planted by its founder, Simon van der Stel, to grace the streets and homesteads.
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Firgrove, Western Cape
Firgrove is a small town located 39 km southeast of Cape Town and 7 km west of Somerset West in the Western Cape province of South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O .... References Suburbs of Cape Town {{WesternCape-geo-stub ...
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