Springs

Springs is a former independent city that is now part of the City of Ekurhuleni, based in the east of , in Province, South Africa. It lies 50 km east of Johannesburg and 72 km southeast from .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Town with 3,000 residents
  • Description: city in Gauteng province, South Africa
  • Also known as: “Springs, South Africa”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include KwaThema and Brakpan.

Suburb
is a township south-west of Springs in the district of Ekurhuleni, , . It was established in 1951 when Africans were forcibly removed from Payneville because it was considered by the apartheid government to be too close to a white town. is situated 6 km southwest of Springs.

Town
Photo: Leo za1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a mining town on the of , , approximately 38 kilometres east of . is situated 7 km west of Springs.

Springs

Latitude
-26.255° or 26° 15′ 18″ south
Longitude
28.43732° or 28° 26′ 14″ east
Population
3,000
Elevation
1,589 metres (5,213 feet)
Open location code
5G5CPCVP+XW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 262722203
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
952869
Wiki­data ID
Q761408
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Springs” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Springs”
  • Arabic: “سبرينغز”
  • Armenian: “Սփրինգս”
  • Asturian: “Springs”
  • Basque: “Springs (Hegoafrika)”
  • Basque: “Springs”
  • Belarusian: “Спрынгс”
  • Catalan: “Springs”
  • Cebuano: “Springs”
  • Chinese: “斯普林斯”
  • Czech: “Springs”
  • Danish: “Springs”
  • Dutch: “Springs”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سبرينجز”
  • Esperanto: “Springs”
  • Estonian: “Springs”
  • French: “Springs”
  • German: “Springs”
  • Hebrew: “ספרינגס”
  • Irish: “Springs”
  • Italian: “Springs”
  • Japanese: “スプリングス (南アフリカ共和国)”
  • Luxembourgish: “Springs”
  • Malagasy: “Springs”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Springs”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Springs”
  • Pedi: “Springs, Gauteng”
  • Pedi: “Springs”
  • Polish: “Springs”
  • Portuguese: “Springs”
  • Romanian: “Springs”
  • Russian: “Спрингс”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Springs”
  • Slovak: “Springs”
  • Slovenian: “Springs”
  • Spanish: “Springs”
  • Swahili: “Springs”
  • Swedish: “Springs, Sydafrika”
  • Swedish: “Springs”
  • Tajik: “Спрингс”
  • Turkish: “Springs”
  • Urdu: “سپرنگس، گوٹینگ”
  • Venda: “Springs, Gauteng”
  • Venda: “Springs”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Springs, Gauteng”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Springs”
  • Xhosa: “Springs, Gauteng”
  • Xhosa: “Springs”
  • Zulu: “Springs, Gauteng”
  • Zulu: “Springs”
  • “Springs”

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