Turffontein
Turffontein is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.Photo: Ossewa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Turffontein Racecourse and Rand Stadium.
Turffontein Racecourse
Pitch
Photo: Ossewa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Turffontein Racecourse is a race track in South Africa for Thoroughbred horse racing founded in 1887 at Turffontein, Gauteng by the Johannesburg Turf Club.
Rand Stadium
Stadium
The Rand Stadium is a stadium in Rosettenville, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It was completely rebuilt, to FIFA specifications, and reopened in August 2008, set to be utilized as a training field for teams participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
James Hall Museum of Transport
Museum
Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
James Hall Museum of Transport is a transport museum that aims to preserve and promote the history of hundreds of years of transport in South Africa in particular, and Africa in general.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Johannesburg and Booysens.
South Johannesburg
South Johannesburg encompasses the districts of Alberton, Rosettenville, Brackendowns and Turfontein in Johannesburg.
Booysens
Suburb
Booysens is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, located around 3.2 km southwest of city hall. Booysens is bordered on the southwest by Robertsham, on the northwest by Framton, on the north by Ophirton, on the east by the Robinson Deep mine, and on the south from east to west by Turffontein, West Turffontein, and Southdale.
Robertsham
Suburb
Robertsham is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is situated in the city's southern suburbs just south of the CBD. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
Turffontein
- Type: Suburb
- Description: place in Gauteng, South Africa
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-26.24361° or 26° 14′ 37″ southLongitude
28.03889° or 28° 2′ 20″ eastElevation
1,735 metres (5,692 feet)United Nations Location Code
ZA ZFCOpen location code
5G5CQ24Q+HHOpenStreetMap ID
node 262718067OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
947570Wikidata ID
Q7854876
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Turffontein” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Turffontein”
- Asturian: “Turffontein”
- Dutch: “Turffontein”
- Pedi: “Turffontein”
- Persian: “تورفنتن”
- Turkish: “Turffontein”
- Urdu: “ٹرفنٹین”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rotunda Park and Turffontein Fire Station.
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