Hawston is a village in the

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, It is a fishing village north-east of Mudge Point, 5 km north-west of Onrusrivier and 11 km from Hermanus. It is named after C.R. Haw, a civil commissioner of Caledon. Located in the

Overstrand Local Municipality Overstrand Municipality (; ) is a local municipality (South Africa), local municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is located along the Atlantic coast between Cape Town and Cape Agulhas, within the Overberg District Municipali ...

, about an hour from

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, it is located between Fisherhaven and Vermont, Western Cape, and is close to Hermanus.Hawston
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{{Overberg District Municipality Populated places in the Overstrand Local Municipality