iSomerset West lidolobha lelisendzaweni yase Western Cape, eNingizimu Afrika. Ngekuhleleka nangekwengamela ifakwe kumasipala welidolobha laseKapa njengendzawo lengaphandle kwesifundza saseHelderberg (lebeyatiwa ngekutsi yiHottentots Holland). Ikhodi yekubhalisa imoto yase Somerset West yi-CFM kantsi ikhodi yeliposi yi-7130 yemakheli emgwaco, kanye na-7129 yemabhokisi eliposi.

Umlandvo hlela

 
Umgwaco Lomkhulu Somerset West nga-1909.

iSomerset West yasungulwa ngemnyaka wa 1822 encenyeni yelipulazi lemlandvo, iVergelegen. Lelidolobha labitwa ngekutsi yiSomerset ngemuva kwembusi waseBrithani weKoloni yaseKapa ngemnyaka wa-1800, Lord Charles Somerset, kwengetwa ligama lelitsi 'West' ngemuva kwa-1825 kwentela kuhlukanisa lelidolobha neSomerset East, lelinye lidolobha laseNingizimu Afrika eMphumalanga yeKapa. Ngemnyaka wa 1830, i-Sir Lowry's Pass, leyetsiwe ngemuva kwaMnumzane Lowry Cole, yakhiwa kute kuhlanganiswe lelidolobha netindzawo letisemphumalanga ngetulu kwetintsaba tase Hottentots-Holland.