Boland, Western Cape

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"Cape Winelands" redirects here. For the municipality, see Cape Winelands District Municipality. For the wine region, see Western Cape wine. For Biosphere Reserve, see Cape Winelands Biosphere Reserve.

Western Cape topology showing the Boland Mountains.

The Boland (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈbuəlant], meaning "highland"[1]) is a region of the Western Cape province of South Africa, situated to the northeast of Cape Town in the middle and upper courses of the Berg and Breede Rivers, around the Boland Mountains of the central Cape Fold Belt. It is sometimes also referred to as the Cape Winelands because it is the primary region for the making of Western Cape wine.

Geography

Although the Boland does not have defined boundaries, its core lies around the Boland Mountains and the towns of

Little Karoo, and to the south the Overberg
.

The catchment area of the Boland Mountains feeds the Berg, Breede and Riviersonderend rivers, and provides almost the entire water source for Cape Town.[2]

Popular culture

The "Boland" name is given to a number of sports teams from the region, including the

Boland cricket team and the Boland Cavaliers rugby union team.[citation needed
]

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-947042-06-6. Archived
    (PDF) from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Boland Mountains". Cape Town, South Africa: Centre for Environmental Rights. Archived from the original on 12 October 2018.

External links

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