Pinelands
Pinelands is a garden city suburb located on the northern edge of the southern suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa, neighbouring the suburb of Thornton, and is known for its large thatched houses and green spaces.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 14,200 residents
- Description: suburb of Cape Town, South Africa
- Also known as: “Pinelands Garden City” and “Pinelands, Cape Town”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mutual railway station and Athlone Power Station.
Mutual railway station
Railway station
Mutual railway station is a Metrorail commuter rail station located between the suburbs of Maitland and Pinelands in Cape Town, South Africa. It is situated next to the South African headquarters of the Old Mutual, from which it takes its name.
Athlone Power Station
Power station
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Athlone Power Station was a coal-fired power station in Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa. The site stopped generating power in 2003 and was decommissioned.
Oude Molen Technical High School
School
Oude Molen Technical High School is a semi-private, dual-medium, co-educational technical school situated in Pinelands, Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is one of the top and most academic technical schools in Western Cape.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ndabeni and Maitland.
Ndabeni
Suburb
Ndabeni is an industrial suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, mainly occupied by light industries such as textiles and clothing. It is located about 6 km east of Cape Town city centre and is serviced by a railway station.
Maitland
Suburb
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maitland is a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. Maitland is situated along a number of important transport networks connecting the Cape Town city bowl to the rest of the city.
Langa
Suburb
Photo: Graeme Churchard, CC BY 2.0.
Langa is a township in Cape Town, South Africa. Its name in Xhosa means "sun". The township was initially built in phases before being formally opened in 1927.
Pinelands
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.93167° or 33° 55′ 54″ southLongitude
18.51278° or 18° 30′ 46″ eastPopulation
14,200Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)United Nations Location Code
ZA PLNOpen location code
4FRW3G97+84OpenStreetMap ID
node 25389818OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Pinelands” goes by many names.
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Highlights include Pinelands Public Library and 3rd Pinelands Scout Hall.
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