Tokai

Tokai, is a small, affluent residential suburb of , . It is situated on the foothills of the . The neighborhood is bordered by Steenberg and Kirstenhof to the south, Bergvliet to the east, and to the north.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: suburb of Cape Town, South Africa
  • Also known as: Tokai, Cape Town

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pollsmoor Prison and Blue Route Mall.

Prison
, officially known as Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison, is located in the suburb of Tokai in South Africa. Pollsmoor is a maximum security penal facility that continues to hold some of South Africa's most dangerous criminals.

Shopping center
is a situated in the predominantly residential neighborhood of Tokai, in the region of , .

Forest
, previously known as "Tokai Forest", is a small wing, about 600 ha, of the greater in , South Africa. is made up of two sections: upper and lower .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Muizenberg and Noordhoek.

is a beach-side town in the , . It is situated where the shore of the curves round to the east on the coast.

is a seaside town between and Chapmans Peak on the . Its shoreline and its long, wide, sandy beach stretch south to the neighbouring village of Kommetjie.

is a small fishing harbour along the east coast of the to the south of . It has become a very hip and trendy place, with a fine selection of restaurants, coffee shops and bistros, and a number of eclectic, alternative shops along the Main Road on either side of the train station.

Tokai

Latitude
-34.06083° or 34° 3′ 39″ south
Longitude
18.44167° or 18° 26′ 30″ east
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ZA ZFA
Open location code
4FQWWCQR+MM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 262722290
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3360456
Wiki­data ID
Q7813459
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Tokai” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Tokai
  • Dutch: Tokai, Cape Town
  • French: Tokai
  • Indonesian: Tokai, Cape Town
  • Japanese: トカイ
  • Pedi: Tokai
  • Turkish: Tokai
  • Urdu: ٹوکائی، کیپ ٹاؤن
  • Xhosa: Tokai
  • Zulu: Tokai

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Brocker Park and Tokai Community Church.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tokai”. Photo: Zaian, CC BY-SA 3.0.