Cape Flats Nature Reserve

Cape Flats Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in City of Cape Town, Western Cape. Cape Flats Nature Reserve is situated nearby to the suburb Belhar, as well as near Uitsig.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tygerberg Hospital and Cape Town International Airport.

Tygerberg Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Dfmalan, CC BY 3.0.

Tygerberg Hospital is a tertiary public hospital located in Parow. The hospital was officially opened in 1976 and is the largest district general hospital in the Western Cape and the second largest hospital in South Africa, with the capacity for 1899 beds.

Cape Town International Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Andresdewet, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cape Town International Airport, and sometimes abbreviated to CTIA, is the primary international airport serving the city of Cape Town, South Africa. It is the second-busiest airport in the country and fourth-busiest in Africa.

Bellville railway station

Railway station

Photo: Barry Ne, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bellville mainline railway station is a railway station in the town of Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa. It is the second-biggest station in the Metrorail Western Cape railway network, after the Cape Town terminus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Parow and Nyanga.

Parow

Town

Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Parow is a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, and part of the Northern Suburbs region of the City of Cape Town.

Nyanga

Suburb

Nyanga is a township in the Western Cape, South Africa. Its name in Xhosa means "moon" and it is one of the oldest black townships in Cape Town. In 1948, Athlone was declared a coloured-area, resulting in the forced removal of black residents, who were forced to settle in Nyanga near Langa.

Belhar

Suburb

Belhar is a small town in the Western Cape, South Africa and forms part of the Tygerberg area in the City of Cape Town. It is known for being the place where the Belhar Confession was formulated.

Cape Flats Nature Reserve

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-33.9363° or 33° 56′ 11″ south

Longitude

18.6207° or 18° 37′ 14″ east

Operator

University of the Western Cape

Open location code

4FRW3J7C+F7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 61134855

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Satellite Map

Discover Cape Flats Nature Reserve from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

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