Salt River, Cape Town

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Map of Salt River, from OpenStreetMap.
Map of Salt River, from OpenStreetMap.

Salt River is a mainly industrial suburb of Cape Town located near Table Bay to the east of the city. It is named after a river of the same name, this being a continuation of the Black River. The name Salt River is a corruption of the Dutch for sweet or fresh river. Salt River is served by a railway station of the same name and has the postcode 7925.

Coordinates: 33°55′58″S 18°27′27″E / -33.93278, 18.4575