Pimville
Pimville is a suburb in City of Johannesburg, Gauteng and has an elevation of 1,629 metres. Pimville is situated nearby to the suburb Klipspruit, as well as near Power Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Walter Sisulu Square and Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital.
Walter Sisulu Square
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Walter Sisulu Square, formally known as the Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication, is located in the heart of Kliptown in Soweto, South Africa. This location was the site where, on 26 June 1955, the Congress of the People, met to draw up the Freedom Charter, an alternative vision to the repressive policies of the apartheid state.
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.
Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital is a hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is the largest hospital in Africa and seventh largest hospital in the world. Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital is situated 3½ km east of Pimville.
Mandela House
Museum
Photo: Moongateclimber, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Nelson Mandela National Museum, commonly referred to as Mandela House, is the house on Vilakazi Street, Orlando West, Soweto, South Africa, where Nelson Mandela lived from 1946 to 1962. Mandela House is situated 3½ km north of Pimville.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Soweto and Dobsonville.
Soweto
Photo: Digr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Soweto is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Soweto is an increasingly popular destination for travellers from around the world, and is home of the Nelson Mandela National Museum.
Dobsonville
Suburb
Dobsonville is a township in greater Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. It lies to the west of Meadowlands, a part of Diepmeadow, and is adjacent to Mofolo North and Zondi, which are suburbs of Soweto on its southern border. Dobsonville is situated 7 km northwest of Pimville.
Zola
Suburb
Zola is a section of the Soweto township lying south of Johannesburg in Gauteng, South Africa. A number of well-known public figures, mostly musicians call Zola their home and were born and bred there. Zola is situated 8 km northwest of Pimville.
Pimville
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-26.27115° or 26° 16′ 16″ southLongitude
27.90586° or 27° 54′ 21″ eastElevation
1,629 metres (5,344 feet)Open location code
5G59PWH4+G8OpenStreetMap ID
node 262714787OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
965167
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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