Parow
Parow is a railway station in City of Cape Town, Western Cape. Parow is situated nearby to the suburb Norwood, as well as near Goodwood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tygerberg High School and Fairbairn College.
Tygerberg High School
School
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Hoërskool Tygerberg is a public Afrikaans-English medium co-educational high school situated in Parow in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is a government-funded school, established in 1954. Tygerberg High School is situated 1¼ km northeast of Parow.
Fairbairn College
School
Fairbairn College is a public, co-educational high school in Goodwood near Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Fairbairn College is situated 2 km west of Parow.
Tygerberg Hospital
Hospital
Tygerberg Hospital is a tertiary public hospital located in Parow. The hospital was officially opened in 1976 and is the largest district general hospital in the Western Cape and the second largest hospital in South Africa, with the capacity for 1899 beds. Tygerberg Hospital is situated 3 km southeast of Parow.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parow and Norwood.
Parow
Town
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Parow is the suburb of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape, South Africa and a Northern Suburb of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality founded by Johann Heinrich Ferdinand Parow who arrived in the locality in 1865.
Norwood
Suburb
Norwood is a suburb of Cape Town, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Norwood is situated 3 km south of Parow.
Goodwood
Suburb
Goodwood is a suburb of Cape Town in the Western Cape, South Africa and is situated in the Tygerberg region of the City of Cape Town. It is 10 kilometres from Cape Town and accessible from the N1, N7 and N2 highways. Goodwood is situated 3 km west of Parow.
Parow
- Type: Railway station
- Category: transportation
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-33.9° or 33° 54′ southLongitude
18.58333° or 18° 35′ eastElevation
42 metres (138 feet)Open location code
4FRW4H2M+28GeoNames ID
3363017
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