About the town » Papendorp, West Coast District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa
Records from Papendorp
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Papendorp is a small village in the Atlantic Ocean coast of Western Cape Province, South Africa. This village belongs to Matzikama Local Municipality. Papendorp is located by the mouth of the Olifants River and at high tide it is possible to go on a flat-bottomed boat to Lutzville, about 30 km further upriver. Ebenhaezer, a Rhenish mission station established in 1831 is located a few km further inland, by the road between Papendorp and Lutzville. There are salt pans in the area that are exploited commercially. Strandfontein is located a few km south down the coast.
