Roodepoort

Roodepoort is a city in the province of . Formerly an independent municipality, Roodepoort became part of the in the late 1990s, along with and .
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  • Type: City with 325,000 residents
  • Description: town in South Africa
  • Also known as: Roodeport-Maraisburg

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kloofendal Nature Reserve.

Nature reserve
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a municipal nature reserve in Roodepoort, South Africa. It is one of the first in . It is also recognized as the place where gold was first mined in Johannesburg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Weltevredenpark.

Suburb
is a suburb of Roodepoort, adjacent to . It is situated roughly between Beyers Naudé Drive and Hendrik Potgieter Road.

Roodepoort

Latitude
-26.1564° or 26° 9′ 23″ south
Longitude
27.8858° or 27° 53′ 9″ east
Population
325,000
Elevation
1,738 metres (5,702 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ZA RDP
Open location code
5G59RVVP+C8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26417322
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
936374
Wiki­data ID
Q2166182
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Roodepoort” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Roodepoort
  • Arabic: روديبورت
  • Asturian: Roodepoort
  • Azerbaijani: Rudepurt
  • Belarusian: Рудэпурт
  • Bengali: রুডেপোর্ট
  • Catalan: Roodepoort
  • Cebuano: Roodepoort
  • Chinese: 魯德普特
  • Czech: Roodepoort
  • Danish: Roodepoort
  • Dutch: Roodepoort
  • Egyptian Arabic: روديبورت
  • Estonian: Roodepoort
  • Finnish: Roodepoort
  • French: Roodepoort
  • German: Roodepoort
  • Greek: Ρούντερπορτ
  • Gujarati: રૂડેપોર્ટ
  • Hebrew: רודפורט
  • Hindi: रोएडपोोर्ट
  • Indonesian: Roodepoort
  • Irish: Roodepoort
  • Italian: Roodepoort
  • Japanese: ロードポート
  • Kannada: ರೂಡ್ ಪೋರ್ಟ್
  • Korean: 로데포르트
  • Latvian: Rūdeporta
  • Lithuanian: Rodeportas
  • Malagasy: Roodepoort
  • Malay: Roodepoort
  • Marathi: रुडेपुर्ट
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Roodepoort
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Roodepoort
  • Pedi: Roodepoort
  • Polish: Roodepoort
  • Portuguese: Roodepoort
  • Romanian: Roodepoort
  • Russian: Рудепурт
  • Sinhala: රූඩේපූර්ට්
  • Spanish: Roodepoort
  • Swedish: Roodepoort
  • Tamil: ரூடிபூர்ட்
  • Telugu: రూడేపోర్ట్
  • Thai: โรเดอโปร์ต
  • Tswana: Rodipoto
  • Turkish: Roodepoort
  • Ukrainian: Рудепурт
  • Urdu: رودیپورت
  • Urdu: روڈیپورٹ
  • Venetian: Roodepoort
  • Vietnamese: Roodepoort
  • Waray (Philippines): Roodepoort
  • Xhosa: Roodepoort
  • Zulu: Roodepoort

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Notable Places Nearby

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