Houghton
Houghton is a neighborhood in City of Cape Town, Western Cape. Houghton is situated nearby to the suburb Eersterivier Suid, as well as near the neighborhood Stratford Green.Places of Interest
Highlights include Eersterivier Secondary School and IThemba LABS.
Eersterivier Secondary School
School
Eersteriver Secondary School is an Afrikaans-medium school in Eerste River in the Western Cape, South Africa.
IThemba LABS
Research institute
iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences is a scientific research centre with plants at Faure near Cape Town and on the Wits Campus in Johannesburg.
Cape Town Film Studios
Recording studio
Cape Town Film Studios is a film and television studio in Cape Town, South Africa. It opened in May 2010. The 200-hectare studio, located about 30 kilometres from the centre of Cape Town, has been involved in the production of a number of blockbusters, including Chronicle, Dredd, Mad Max: Fury Road, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, Tomb Raider, Bloodshot and Monster Hunter.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blue Downs and Macassar.
Blue Downs
Town
Photo: Discott, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Blue Downs is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa. It forms part of the Eastern Suburbs Zone of the City of Cape Town situated on the eastern outskirts of the city and is also located on the Cape Flats, a flat expanse of land east of Cape Town. Blue Downs is situated 4 km northwest of Houghton.
Macassar
Suburb
Photo: Janek Szymanowski, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Macassar is a small town in South Africa, close to Strand and Somerset West, with an approximate population of 33,225. Administratively it is under City of Cape Town Eastern Suburbs zone. Macassar is situated 6 km southeast of Houghton.
Firgrove
Suburb
Firgrove is a small town located 39 kilometres south-east of Cape Town and 7 kilometres west of Somerset West in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Firgrove is situated 6 km southeast of Houghton.
Houghton
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-34.02289° or 34° 1′ 22″ southLongitude
18.73338° or 18° 44′ 0″ eastOpen location code
4FQWXPGM+R9OpenStreetMap ID
node 6298715685OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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