Brackenfell
Brackenfell is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, situated on the N1 about 30 km north-east of Cape Town and 35 km south-west of Paarl.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 80,000 residents
- Description: suburb of Cape Town, South Africa
- Also known as: “Brakenfell”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bracken Nature Reserve.
Bracken Nature Reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC0.
Bracken Nature Reserve is a 36-hectare piece of protected land in Brackenfell in the Western Cape, South Africa. This park preserves badly threatened Cape Flats Sand Fynbos and Swartland Granite Renosterveld vegetation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stellenberg and Kraaifontein.
Stellenberg
Suburb
Photo: Barry Ne, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stellenberg is a suburb in Bellville, Western Cape South Africa. Stellenberg is situated 4 km northwest of Brackenfell.
Kraaifontein
Town
Photo: Khanya Ntantiso Arosi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kraaifontein is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa and is located on the north-eastern outskirts of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality. Kraaifontein is situated 4 km north of Brackenfell.
Wallacedene
Suburb
Wallacedene is an informal housing settlement on the eastern outskirts of Kraaifontein in the Western Cape, South Africa, approximately 33 kilometres north-east of Cape Town. Wallacedene is situated 5 km northeast of Brackenfell.
Brackenfell
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-33.88306° or 33° 52′ 59″ southLongitude
18.7° or 18° 42′ eastPopulation
80,000Elevation
112 metres (367 feet)United Nations Location Code
ZA ZAJOpen location code
4FRW4M8X+QXOpenStreetMap ID
node 262719404OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Brackenfell” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Brackenfell”
- Dutch: “Brackenfell”
- French: “Brackenfell”
- German: “Brackenfell”
- Pedi: “Brackenfell”
- Swedish: “Brackenfell”
- Turkish: “Brackenfell”
- Xhosa: “Brackenfell”
- Zulu: “Brackenfell”
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