Paarl (zaf)

Paarl

Paarl ranks 9,381st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Cowra, Boscawen, New Hampshire, and Kvutzat Kinneret. Memorable people born in Paarl include Deon Meyer, Elsa Joubert, and Ruswahl Samaai. Paarl has been the birth place of many athletes, and writers. Paarl is located in South Africa.

Paarl is a town with 285,574 inhabitants in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is the largest town in the Cape Winelands. Due to the growth of the Mbekweni township, it is now a de facto urban unit with Wellington. It is situated about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northeast of Cape Town in the Western Cape Province and is known for its scenic environment and viticulture and fruit-growing heritage. Paarl is a colonial town founded by Dutch colonists who seized Khoikhoi lands, many Khoi died in the colonisation process. Paarl's colonial society was dependent on enslaved people. Read more on Wikipedia