South Africa
Western Cape
City of Cape Town

Athlone

Athlone is a suburb of located to the east of the city centre on the , south of the N2 highway. Two of the suburb's main landmarks are and the decommissioned coal-burning .
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  • Type: Suburb with 237,000 residents
  • Description: place in Western Cape, South Africa
  • Also known as: “Athlone, Cape Town”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Athlone Stadium and Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital.

Stadium
Photo: Azwi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a in Athlone on the in , . It is used mostly for soccer matches and it is the home ground of Cape Town Spurs.

Hospital
Photo: YaguraStation, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital in , was opened in 1956 through public subscription as a memorial to soldiers lost in the Second World War.

Power station
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was a coal-fired power station in Athlone, , . The site stopped generating power in 2003 and was decommissioned.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rondebosch and Lansdowne.

Suburb
is one of the of , . It is primarily a residential suburb, with shopping and business districts as well as the main campus of the University of Cape Town.

Suburb
is a suburb in Cape Town, . situated 10 kilometres southeast of City Centre, surrounded by the suburbs of , , Wetton, , and Athlone.

Suburb
Photo: Rotsee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is one of the of , , located between the suburbs of and Rondebosch.

Athlone

Latitude
-33.9667° or 33° 58′ south
Longitude
18.505° or 18° 30′ 18″ east
Population
237,000
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ZA ATN
Open location code
4FRW2GM3+8X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 101066628
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3370356
Wiki­data ID
Q4815602
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Athlone” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Athlone”
  • Chinese: “阿斯隆”
  • Dutch: “Athlone, Cape Town”
  • French: “Athlone”
  • German: “Athlone”
  • Greek: “Άθλον”
  • Italian: “Athlone (Sudafrica)”
  • Italian: “Athlone”
  • Malay: “Athlone, Cape Town”
  • Pedi: “Athlone”
  • Turkish: “Athlone”
  • Urdu: “ایتھلون، کیپ ٹاؤن”
  • Xhosa: “Athlone”
  • Zulu: “Athlone”

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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 “Athlone”. Photo: warrenski, CC BY-SA 2.0.