Vrededorp
Vrededorp is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Vrededorp is situated on the North-Western side of Johannesburg and is 1,764 m above sea level.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: human settlement in South Africa
- Also known as: “Fietas”, “Martindale”, “Pageview”, “Sophiatown”, and “Vrededorp, Gauteng”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fietas Museum and Johannesburg Gas Works.
Fietas Museum
Museum
Fietas Museum was opened on 24 September 2013, the museum is located in Pageview, Gauteng, South Africa. The building that the museum is housed in is one of the few to survive the forced removals under the Group Areas Act and was declared a Heritage resource in 2007.
Johannesburg Gas Works
Industrial building
The Johannesburg Gas Works also known as Egoli Gas Works established in 1892, is one of the most historically and architecturally significant industrial sites in Johannesburg.
William Cullen Library
Library
Photo: Heather Elke, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The William Cullen Library is a library located on the East Campus of the University of the Witwatersrand, in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. Opened in March 1934, it stands as one of the university’s oldest and architecturally distinguished buildings, now serving as a research and special collections hub.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fordsburg and Parktown.
Fordsburg
Suburb
Fordsburg is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Fordsburg is a residential suburb, although housing numerous shops and factories.
Parktown
Suburb
Photo: Paul venter, Public domain.
Parktown is a wealthy suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is the first suburb north of the inner city. It is affectionately known as one of the Parks, others including Parkview, Parkwood, Westcliff, Parktown North, Parkhurst and Forest Town.
Braamfontein
Suburb
Braamfontein is a central suburb of Johannesburg, in South Africa, seat of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and some of South Africa's major corporations such as Liberty Holdings Limited, JD Group, Sappi, and Bidvest Bank and Hollard.
Vrededorp
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-26.19417° or 26° 11′ 39″ southLongitude
28.01861° or 28° 1′ 7″ eastElevation
1,764 metres (5,787 feet)Open location code
5G5CR249+8COpenStreetMap ID
node 262718530OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Tumbuka—“Vrededorp” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Vrededorp”
- Danish: “Vrededorp”
- Dutch: “Vrededorp”
- German: “Vrededorp”
- Italian: “Vrededorp”
- Pedi: “Vrededorp”
- Persian: “ردهدورپ”
- Swedish: “Vrededorp”
- Tatar: “Фредедорп”
- Tumbuka: “Vrededorp”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cottesloe and Mayfair.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Vrededorp Pool and Nederduitse Hervormde Kerk.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vrededorp”. Photo: Michelle19660620, CC BY-SA 3.0.