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Paarl

Appellation

Paarl is a Wine of Origin district of Coastal Region in South Africa. It lies around the town of Paarl and 11 km south-west of Wellington.

Large district around the town of Paarl and its granite domes, north of Stellenbosch, home of the KWV for most of the 20th century.
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Key facts

Type
Wine of Origin district
Within
Coastal Region
Centre
33.7340° S, 18.9620° E
Legal basis
Wine of Origin Scheme (Liquor Products Act 60 of 1989); areas published in the Government Gazette and administered by SAWIS.

Outline: Shown as a point at the place it is named after. The registered area is much smaller than any administrative unit, and its boundary is not yet available as open data.

Where it is

Nearest town
around the town of Paarl
Nearest city
11 km south-west of Wellington 55,543 people
To the sea
42 km
Same latitude
Valle de Uco (Argentina), Valle de Leyda (Chile), Clare Valley (Australia), Centro-Este (Uruguay)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

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