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Infanta, South Africa

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Template:Infobox South African town Infanta is a settlement in Overberg District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

Seaside resort at the estuary of the Breede River, at St Sebastian Bay, some 80km south-east of Swellendam. Takes its name from Cape Infanta several kilometres to the south, and from its situation on the Breede River.[1] The cape was in turn probably named after captain João Infante, who commanded one of Bartolomeu Dias's caravels.

References

  1. ^ Raper, Peter Edmund (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Johannesburg: Human Science Research Council. p. 223. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help) (public domain)