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Saldanha Bay Local Municipality

Saldanha

Saldanha, also known as Saldanha Bay, is a town of 28,000 people, on the northern shore of Saldanha Bay, on of the Western Cape province. Saldanha Bay's location makes it a paradise for the watersport enthusiast.
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  • Type: Town with 68,300 residents
  • Description: town in the Western Cape, South Africa
  • Also known as: “Hoedjes Bay”, “Hoedjesbaai”, “Hoetjes Bay”, and “Saldanha, South Africa”

Saldanha

Latitude
-32.9978° or 32° 59′ 52″ south
Longitude
17.9456° or 17° 56′ 44″ east
Population
68,300
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
IATA airport code
SDB
United Nations Location Code
ZA SDB
Open location code
4FVV2W2W+V6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 30225142
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3361934
Wiki­data ID
Q1643816
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Saldanha” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Saldanha”
  • Arabic: “سالدانها”
  • Asturian: “Saldanha”
  • Cebuano: “Saldanha”
  • Chinese: “薩爾達尼亞”
  • Dutch: “Saldanha”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سالدانها”
  • Estonian: “Saldanha”
  • French: “Saldanha”
  • German: “Saldanha”
  • Hebrew: “סאלדאנהאה”
  • Italian: “Saldanha”
  • Japanese: “サルダナ”
  • Japanese: “サルダニャ・ベイ”
  • Latin: “Saldanha”
  • Pedi: “Saldanha, Kapa Bodikela”
  • Pedi: “Saldanha”
  • Portuguese: “Saldanha”
  • Romanian: “Saldanha”
  • Russian: “Салдана”
  • Russian: “Салданья”
  • Spanish: “Saldanha”
  • Zulu: “ISaldanha, INtshonalanga Kapa”
  • “Saldanha”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Saldanha”. Photo: Morne, Public domain.