Salt River
Salt River is a suburb of Cape Town, located near Table Bay, to the east of Cape Town CBD. The area is noted for its association with the clothing and textiles industry. The name Salt River is a translation of the Dutch "Soutrivier".
- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb of Cape Town
- Also known as: “Salt River, Cape Town” and “Zoutrivier”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Community House and Dryden Street Primary School.
Community House
Community center
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Observatory and Woodstock.
Salt River
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-33.9317° or 33° 55′ 54″ south
Longitude
18.46101° or 18° 27′ 40″ east
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
UN/LOCODE
ZA ZEP
Open location code
4FRW3F96+8C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Salt River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Soutrivier”
- Cebuano: “Salt River”
- Chinese: “鹽河”
- Dutch: “Salt River, Cape Town”
- French: “Salt River”
- German: “Salt River”
- Pedi: “Salt River”
- Somali: “Webiga Salt”
- Turkish: “Salt River”
- Urdu: “سالٹ ریور، کیپ ٹاؤن”
- Xhosa: “Salt River”
- Zulu: “Salt River”
- “Salt River”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Paardeneiland and Foreshore.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Nurul Islam Mosque and Cedric Joubert Memorial Garden.
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