Soweto (/səˈwɛtoʊ, -ˈweɪ-, -ˈwiː-/) is an urban area of the city of Johannesburg in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation for South Western Townships.
Population: 1,695,047
Latitude: -26° 16' 4.12" S
Longitude: 27° 51' 30.56" E
Sandhurst is a suburb of Sandton in Region B of Johannesburg. It is one of the wealthiest suburbs in South Africa with some of the most expensive real estate in the country. It is featured frequently in the media for staggering home sale prices reac…
Rosettenville is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Meadowlands is a suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa.
Marshalltown is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Germiston Stadium (formerly the Herman Immelman Stadium) is a multi-purpose stadium in Germiston, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Moroka Swallows FC. It is also used for inter-school athletic…
Doornkop (literally "thorn hill") is a ridge and locality southwest of Johannesburg, close to Krugersdorp, in Gauteng Province, South Africa.
Dobsonville Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Soweto, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is mostly used for football matches, but is also equipped with an athletics track. It is the home ground of Moroka Swallows, a football club which p…
The Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden (previously known as the Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden) is a 300 hectares (3.0 km2) botanical reserve in Roodepoort near Johannesburg. Formally established in 1982, it is one of the youngest of S…
Parkview is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It borders the suburb of Greenside and overlooks Zoo Lake, a park which lies on the opposite side of Jan Smuts Avenue from the Johannesburg Zoo. All of its streets are named after Irish counties. P…
Palmietfontein Airport was an airport situated to the south of Johannesburg, South Africa, in the mid-1940s to early 1950s.
Norwood is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region 3 . It borders the suburbs of Orange Grove and Houghton. It is a garden suburb, with many of its homes dating back to the 1920s and 1930s. It is also one of the more popular …
Hyde Park is a wealthy suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It borders Illovo, Sandhurst, and Craighall Park. Hyde Park in Johannesburg is named after London’s prestigious Hyde Park area, and enjoys the same prestige.
Fairland is a residential suburb in northern Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. The area is neighboured by Northcliff, Cresta and Darrenwood and is one of the most leafy suburbs in the city. Fairland was developed on land that was originally a far…
Dobsonville is a township in greater Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. It lies to the west of Meadowlands, a part of Diepmeadow, and is adjacent to Mofolo North and Zondi, which are suburbs of Soweto on its southern border.
11 Diagonal Street is a skyscraper in Johannesburg, South Africa. It was built in 1984 to a height of 80 metres.
Westcliff is an affluent suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It has many old mansions, and views over the Northern Suburbs.
Waverley Girls' High School is a public school for girls located in the suburb of Waverley in Johannesburg, South Africa.
St Catherine's School is a private, co-educational school, named after Saint Catherine of Siena, located in Germiston, South Africa.