Atlantis
Atlantis is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is 40 km north of Cape Town. As of 2024, it has approximately 90,207 residents. Major challenges in the area include unemployment, lack of housing, and crime.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bongani2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 55,000 residents
- Description: town in the Western Cape, South Africa
- Also known as: “Atlantis, South Africa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saxon-Sea Stadium and Mamre Nature Garden.
Saxon-Sea Stadium
Stadium
Saxon-Sea Stadium is a multi-use stadium in the Saxonsea district of Atlantis, a town located 40 km north of Cape Town in South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches.
Mamre Nature Garden
Nature reserve
Mamre Nature Garden is a 254-hectare nature reserve in Cape Town, South Africa, located on the city's northern outskirts. The reserve has a high degree of biodiversity and preserving the endangered Atlantis Sand Fynbos vegetation type and the plants and animals that live in it. Mamre Nature Garden is situated 4½ km north of Atlantis.
Ankerlig Power Station
Power station
Ankerlig Power Station is one of five gas turbine power plants in South Africa and has the capacity to produce 1338 megawatts. The plant name is derived from the Afrikaans form of the expression "raise the anchor"; it is intended to connote a community that 'raises the anchor and sails away from poverty towards prosperity'. Ankerlig Power Station is situated 4½ km southwest of Atlantis.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mamre.
Mamre
Village
Photo: Roché Petersen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mamre is a small rural town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is situated on the northernmost border of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality. Mamre is situated 6 km north of Atlantis.
Atlantis
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.5672° or 33° 34′ 2″ southLongitude
18.5003° or 18° 30′ 1″ eastPopulation
55,000Elevation
178 metres (584 feet)United Nations Location Code
ZA ATLOpen location code
4FRWCGM2+44OpenStreetMap ID
node 243179622OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Atlantis” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Atlantis, Wes-Kaap”
- Afrikaans: “Atlantis”
- Cebuano: “Atlantis”
- Chinese: “亞特蘭提斯”
- Dutch: “Atlantis”
- French: “Atlantis”
- German: “Atlantis”
- Hebrew: “אטלנטיס”
- Italian: “Atlantis”
- Japanese: “アトランティス（西ケープ州）”
- Pedi: “Atlantis”
- Polish: “Atlantis”
- Romanian: “Atlantis”
- Russian: “Атлантида”
- Russian: “Атлантис”
- Swedish: “Atlantis, Sydafrika”
- Swedish: “Atlantis”
- Turkish: “Atlantis”
- Zulu: “I-Atlantis, INtshonalanga Kapa”
- Zulu: “I-Atlantis”
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