Company's Garden
The Company's Garden is the oldest garden in South Africa, a park and heritage site located in central Cape Town. The garden was originally created in the 1650s by the region's first European settlers and provided fertile ground to grow fresh produce to replenish ships rounding the Cape.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Localities in the Area
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Company's Garden
- Type: Garden
- Description: park in Cape Town, South Africa
- Categories: park and recreation area
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.92731° or 33° 55' 38" southLongitude
18.41712° or 18° 25' 2" eastElevation
29 metres (95 feet)Inception
1652Named after
Dutch East India CompanyOpen Location Code
4FRW3CF8+3ROpenStreetMap ID
way 8035472OpenStreetMap Feature
leisure=gardenGeoNames ID
11887742Wikidata ID
Q590259Company's Garden Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Kompanjiestuin
- Bhojpuri: कंपनी बाग
- Chinese: 公司花園
- Dutch: Compagniestuin
- Dutch: Company's Garden
- Hindi: कम्पनी बाग
- Korean: 컴퍼니스 가든
- Veps: Kompanis Garden
- Xhosa: I-Company Gardens
- Xhosa: ICompany Gardens
Localities in the Area
- City CentreSuburb
- GardensSuburb
- TamboerskloofSuburb
- VredehoekSuburb
- District SixSuburb
Landmarks in the Area
- The Rose GardenGarden
- Centre for the BookLibrary
- Company Gardens PondPond
- Water Cherub PondPond
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Company's Garden. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.