Faure, South Africa

Faure is a hamlet some 16 km south-west of Stellenbosch and 13 km north-west of Strand. Administratively it is a suburb of the City of Cape Town, and is in the Helderberg region.^[1] Nearby is the kramat or tomb of Sheik Yusuf (1626-1699), an Islamic expatriate priest. Faure is a common surname; it is uncertain after whom this place was named.^[2] It may have been named after Pieter Faure, the name of South Africa's first trawler which arrived in Table Bay in 1897.^{[citation needed]}

Faure
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Coordinates: 34.031°S 18.753°E / -34.031; 18.753
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	7131

See also

• Faure level crossing accident