Somerset West

Somerset West Somerset-Wes
Town
From top: Aerial view of Somerset West with Helderberg Mountain; left: Vergelegen Estate; during the winter; Left: The Old Lourens River Bridge is a provincial heritage site; Right: Erinvale Estate.
Coat of arms
Motto:  Prorsum Sursum (Latin: Straight Up)
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Coordinates: 34°05′S 18°51′E / 34.083°S 18.850°E / -34.083; 18.850
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Established	1822
Government
• Councillors	Benedicta van Minnen (Ward 15); Stuart Bruce Pringle (Ward 84)
Area [1]
• Total	61.37 km2 (23.70 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	55,166
• Density	900/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	13.0%
• Coloured	24.5%
• Indian/Asian	0.9%
• White	60.1%
• Other	1.6%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	52.3%
• English	37.5%
• Xhosa	4.8%
• Other	5.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	7130
PO box	7129
Area code	+27 (0)21

Somerset West (Afrikaans: Somerset-Wes) is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa. Organisationally and administratively it is included in the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality Eastern Suburbs zone (formerly called Helderberg Basin).^[2] The vehicle registration code for Somerset West is CFM and the post code is 7130 for street addresses, and 7129 for post office boxes.