Witwatersrand

The Witwatersrand is a 56-kilometre-long, north-facing scarp in . It consists of a hard, erosion-resistant quartzite metamorphic rock, over which several north-flowing rivers form waterfalls, which account for the name Witwatersrand, meaning 'white water ridge' in Afrikaans.
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  • Region
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,771 metres (5,810 feet)
  • Description: mountain range
  • Also known as
    “The Gold Reef”
    “The Rand”
    “The Rand-region”

Places of Interest

Highlights include FNB Stadium and Apartheid Museum.
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The First National Bank Stadium, also known as Soccer…
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is an amusement park in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Robertsham and Winchester Hills.
is a suburb of , .
is an area in , . is situated 2½ km southeast of Witwatersrand.
is a suburb of , , located around 3.2 km southwest of city hall. is situated 3½ km northeast of Witwatersrand.

Witwatersrand

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Latitude
-26.25° or 26° 15′ south
Longitude
28° east
Open location code
5G5CQ222+22
Geo­Names ID
938566
Wiki­data ID
Q587808

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Xhosa—“Witwatersrand” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Witwatersrand”
  • Arabic: “ويتووترسراند”
  • Basque: “Witwatersrand”
  • Belarusian: “Вітватэрсранд”
  • Catalan: “Witwatersrand”
  • Cebuano: “Witwatersrand”
  • Chinese: “威特沃特斯兰德”
  • Czech: “Witwatersrand”
  • Dutch: “Witwatersrand”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ويتواترسراند”
  • Esperanto: “Witwatersrand”
  • Finnish: “Witwatersrand”
  • French: “Witwatersrand”
  • Georgian: “ვიტვატერსრანდი”
  • German: “Witwatersrand”
  • Greek: “Βιτβάτερσραντ”
  • Hebrew: “ויטוואטרסרנד”
  • Italian: “Witwatersrand”
  • Japanese: “ウィットウォーターズランド”
  • Kazakh: “Витватерсранд”
  • Kirghiz: “Витватерсранд”
  • Korean: “비트바테르스란트”
  • Ladin: “Witwatersrand”
  • Lithuanian: “Vitvatersrandas”
  • Malay: “Witwatersrand”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Witwatersrand”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Witwatersrand”
  • Norwegian: “Witwatersrand”
  • Persian: “ویت واترسرند”
  • Polish: “Gold Reef”
  • Polish: “Rand-region”
  • Polish: “Rand”
  • Polish: “Reef”
  • Polish: “Witwatersrand”
  • Portuguese: “Witwatersrand”
  • Russian: “Витватерсранд”
  • Russian: “Витватерсрэнд”
  • Spanish: “Witwatersrand”
  • Swedish: “Witwatersrand”
  • Ukrainian: “Вітватерсранд”
  • Urdu: “ویٹ واٹرزرینڈ”
  • Venetian: “Witwatersrand”
  • Vietnamese: “Witwatersrand”
  • Xhosa: “Witwatersrand”

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