Karatara is a town in
Knysna Local Municipality
Knysna Municipality (; ) is a local municipality within the Garden Route District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2022, its population is 96,055. Its municipal code is WC048.
Geography
The municipality covers ...
in the
Western Cape
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province of
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.
Settlement and forestry station on the
Karatara River which flows southwards into
Swartvlei. It is situated 5 km west of
Barrington and some 40 km northwest of
Knysna
Knysna (; ) is a town with 76,150 inhabitants (2019 mid-year estimates) in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is one of the destinations on the loosely defined Garden Route tourist route. It is situated 60 kilometres east of the c ...
. It was founded in 1941. The name is of Khoekhoen origin and probably means 'horse hill', after a hillock to the north. Previously the Karatara River was known as the Tsao or Witterivier.
References
Populated places in the Knysna Local Municipality
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