Faure, South Africa
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Faure is a hamlet some 16 km south-west of
Sheik Yusuf (1626-1699), an Islamic expatriate priest. Faure is a common surname; it is uncertain after whom this place was named. It may have been named after Pieter Faure, the name of South Africa's first trawler which arrived in Table Bay in 1897.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Official planning suburbs". Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 162. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
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