Soshanguve
Soshanguve is a township situated about 30 km north of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa, just east of Mabopane. The name Soshanguve is an acronym for Sotho, Shangaan, Nguni and Venda, thus showing the multi-ethnic composition of the population.Places of Interest
Highlights include Giant Stadium and Tshwane University of Technology Soshanguve Campus.
Giant Stadium
Stadium
Soshanguve Giant Stadium, commonly referred to as Giant, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Soshanguve, a township of Pretoria, South Africa. It was utilized as a training field for teams participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup after being rebuilt and upgraded in 2009 to meet FIFA specifications.
Tshwane University of Technology Soshanguve Campus
University
Tshwane University of Technology operates multiple campuses across South Africa, and the Soshanguve campus is divided into two main sites: Soshanguve South and Soshanguve North.
Odi Stadium
Stadium
Odi Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Mabopane, South Africa. It was used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 60,000. It was the home stadium of Garankuwa United football team. Odi Stadium is situated 6 km west of Soshanguve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mabopane.
Mabopane
Suburb
Mabopane is a large residential township located about 22 km north-west of Pretoria, within the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa. The 2011 census counted roughly 110,972 residents, predominantly Setswana speakers.
Soshanguve
- Type: Suburb with 872,000 residents
- Description: place in Gauteng, South Africa
- Categories: South African township and locality
- Location: City of Tshwane, Tshwane, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-25.5264° or 25° 31′ 35″ southLongitude
28.0994° or 28° 5′ 58″ eastPopulation
872,000Elevation
1,179 metres (3,868 feet)Open location code
5G6CF3FX+CQOpenStreetMap ID
node 262716150OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
954013Wikidata ID
Q7563836
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Soshanguve” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Soshanguve”
- Chinese: “索尚古韋”
- Chinese: “索尚古韦”
- Dutch: “Soshanguve”
- Estonian: “Soshanguve”
- French: “Soshanguve”
- German: “Soshanguve”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Soshanguve”
- Norwegian: “Soshanguve”
- Pedi: “Soshanguve”
- Tswana: “Soshanguve”
- Turkish: “Soshanguve”
- Xhosa: “Soshanguve”
- Zulu: “Soshanguve”
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