Eerste River
Eerste River is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa and a suburb of the City of Cape Town. It forms part of the Eastern Suburbs zone of the city situated behind the Stellenbosch/Vlaeberg Hills on the eastern outskirts of the metropolitan area.
- Town with about 30,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 30 metres (110 feet)
- Description: suburb of Cape Town, South Africa
- Also known as“Eerste River Village”“Eerste River, Western Cape”“Eerste Rivier”
Places of Interest
Discover Eersterivier Secondary School and IThemba LABS.
Eersterivier Secondary School
School
Eersteriver Secondary School is an Afrikaans-medium…
IThemba LABS
Research institute
iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences…
2½ km south of Eerste River
Cape Town Film Studios
Recording studio
Cape Town Film Studios is a film and television studio in Cape Town, South Africa.
3½ km south of Eerste River
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blue Downs and Mfuleni.
Mfuleni
Mfuleni is a relatively new township about 32 kilometres from central Cape Town, South Africa.
4 km west of Eerste River
Eerste River
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Latitude
-34° or 34° south
Longitude
18.72167° or 18° 43′ 18″ east
Open location code
4FRW2P2C+2M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Eerste River” goes by many names.
EersterivierAfrikaans
EersterivierCebuano
Eerste RivierDutch
Eerste RiverNorwegian Bokmål
Eerste River, Cape TownPedi
Eerste RivierTurkish
Afon EersteWelsh
Eerste River, Cape TownXhosa
Eerste River, Cape TownZulu
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