🇿🇦 Worcester is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa. It is located 120 km (75 mi) north-east of Cape Town on the N1 highway north to Johannesburg.
Being the largest town in the Western Cape's interior region, it serves as the administrative capital of the Breede Valley Local Municipality and as regional headquarters for most central and Provincial Government Departments. The town also serves as the hub of the Western Cape's interior commercial, distribution and retail activity with a shopping mall, well developed central business district and infrastructure.
Worcester is located at an elevation of 220 metres (720 ft) and can be reached by road either travelling on the N1 highway through the Huguenot Tunnel or by driving through spectacular mountain passes. From Cape Town Du Toitskloof, from Wellington Bainskloof, from Malmesbury, Western Cape Nieuwekloof, from Ceres Mitchells, from Robertson Goree, from Hermanus Rooihoogte and from Johannesburg Hex River, with vistas over the Hex River Valley.
Geographically, the district is delimited mainly by mountains; to the south-west lies the massive Stettyns mountain range with an annual rainfall in excess of 2000 mm. To the west lie the Du Toitskloof Mountains and north-west lies the Slanghoek, Little Drakenstein, Elandskloof and Lemiet mountain ranges. To the north rises the Hex River Mountains which include the towering peaks of Chavonness, Brandwacht, Fonteintjiesberg and Audensberg. Northeast of the town the colourful Keerom Mountain runs into the Langeberg range.
Worcester and its surroundings form part of the Breede River catchment area, which is fed by a number of smaller rivers supplemented by the run-off from the winter snows in the mountains. The district also includes the Hex River Valley.
Worcester also consists of a township named Zwelethemba. In 1985, students protested over Afrikaans being a dominant language at school. Riots broke out and several students were shot by police in Robertson Road. A student named Nkosana Nation Bahumi was killed due to the protests.
1Worcester has a population of over 127,597 people. Worcester also forms the centre of the wider Cape Winelands District which has a population of over 787,490 people.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Worcester has links with:
🇧🇪 Aalst, Belgium 🇧🇼 Gaborone, Botswana🇦🇺 Hawkesbury -33.6
🇿🇦 Oudtshoorn -33.599
🇨🇱 Puente Alto -33.597
🇨🇱 San Bernardo -33.589
🇨🇱 La Pintana -33.583
🇿🇦 Port Alfred -33.583
🇨🇱 San Antonio -33.581
🇦🇷 Maria Teresa -33.75
🇦🇷 Venado Tuerto -33.75
Locations Near: Worcester 19.4333,-33.6333
🇿🇦 Witzenberg 19.201,-33.414 d: 32.6
🇿🇦 Drakenstein 19,-33.5 d: 42.8
🇿🇦 Paarl 18.95,-33.717 d: 45.7
🇿🇦 Malmesbury 18.733,-33.45 d: 68
🇿🇦 Somerset West 18.85,-34.083 d: 73.5
🇿🇦 Overstrand 19.333,-34.417 d: 87.6
🇿🇦 Durbanville 18.633,-33.817 d: 76.7
🇿🇦 Bellville 18.663,-33.923 d: 78.2
🇿🇦 Khayelitsha 18.648,-34.05 d: 86
Antipodal to: Worcester -160.567,33.633
🇺🇸 Kapa'a -159.333,22.083 d: 18725.1
🇺🇸 Līhuʻe -159.35,21.967 d: 18712.3
🇺🇸 Lihue -159.35,21.967 d: 18712.3
🇺🇸 Mililani -158,21.433 d: 18635.3
🇺🇸 Pearl City -157.969,21.394 d: 18630.4
🇺🇸 Honolulu -157.85,21.3 d: 18617.9
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 18543.3
🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 18543.1