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Green Point

Green Point is a predominantly affluent, mixed-use suburb in the Atlantic Seaboard region of , , located to the north west of Cape Town CBD.
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Photo: Hilton1949, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: suburb of Cape Town, South Africa
  • Also known as: “Green Point, Cape Town”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cape Town Stadium and Green Point Stadium.

Stadium
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an association football and rugby union in , , that was built as part of the country's hosting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Stadium
Photo: Danie van der Merwe, CC BY 2.0.
The in , was a multi-purpose sports stadium. Opened in 1897, it had a concrete banked cycle track, also occasionally used for motorsport, with a lap distance of a third of a mile - 586.6 yards - and inside the cycle track was an athletics track.

Park
Photo: Hilton1949, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, is a park in Green Point, Cape Town, in , where numerous playing fields and a golf course are situated. The Green Point Urban Park & Biodiversity Garden is just behind and has an entrance on Bay Road.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mouille Point and V&A Waterfront.

Suburb
Photo: Hilton1949, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an affluent suburb of , situated in the Atlantic Seaboard, between the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront and Granger Bay to the east, Green Point to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west.

Suburb
Photo: Damien du Toit, CC BY 2.0.
The V&A Waterfront, often referred to as The Waterfront and The V&A, is a mixed-use suburb in , , featuring upmarket residential apartments, a major , a marina, and multiple large hotels.

Suburb
The Bo-Kaap is an area of , formerly known as the Malay Quarter. It is a former racially segregated area, situated on the slopes of above the city centre and is a historical centre of Cape Malay culture in Cape Town.

Green Point

Latitude
-33.90426° or 33° 54′ 15″ south
Longitude
18.40597° or 18° 24′ 22″ east
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ZA GPT
Open location code
4FRW3CW4+79
Open­Street­Map ID
node 260289635
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3367445
Wiki­data ID
Q2282472
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Green Point” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Groenpunt”
  • Cebuano: “Green Point”
  • Danish: “Green Point, Cape Town”
  • Dutch: “Groenpunt”
  • French: “Green Point”
  • Greek: “Γκριν Πόιντ”
  • Italian: “Green Point”
  • Japanese: “グリーンポイント”
  • Pedi: “Green Point”
  • Russian: “Грин-Пойнт”
  • Turkish: “Green Point”
  • Xhosa: “Green Point”
  • Zulu: “Green Point”

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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 “Green Point”. Photo: Hilton1949, CC BY-SA 3.0.