West Coast, Western Cape

This article is about the region. For the municipality, see West Coast District Municipality.

The West Coast is a region of the Western Cape province in South Africa and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west and the Swartland region on the east.

The region stretches for over 400 km from north to south and is well known for its scenic beauty and fertile fishing grounds. The main towns in this region are Saldanha, Paternoster, Vredenburg, Velddrif, St. Helena Bay, Langebaan, Hopefield, Darling and Yzerfontein. The region's main nature reserve is the West Coast National Park.

West Coast scenes

White fisherman's cottages of Paternoster

Fishermen on the West Coast shore.

Langebaan Lagoon

Province of the Western Cape

Capital and largest city: Cape Town Population: 5,822,734 (2011) Land area: 129,462 km²

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Regions	Cape Peninsula Cape Flats Boland Swartland West Coast Breede River Valley Overberg Garden Route Little Karoo Great Karoo

Cities and major towns	Cape Town George Mossel Bay Oudtshoorn Paarl Stellenbosch Wellington Worcester

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