Beaufort West

Beaufort West is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is the largest town in the arid Great Karoo region, and is known as the "Capital of the Karoo". It forms part of the Beaufort West Local Municipality, with 34,085 inhabitants in 2011.

Beaufort West in Worldwar
Shortly after settling in Cape Town, Rance Auerbach and Penny Summers visit Beaufort West as tourists. On the plains just outside of town, the two Americans saw African animals they had only ever seen in pictures. While riding in Joseph Moroka's cab, they caught their first sight of zisuili, the dinosaur-like "cattle" of the Race.