Phomolong
Phomolong is a railway station in City of Johannesburg, Gauteng and has an elevation of 1,637 metres. Phomolong is situated nearby to Hector Pieterson Museum, as well as near the suburb Dobsonville.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hector Pieterson Museum and Orlando Amstel Arena.
Hector Pieterson Museum
Museum
Photo: Babak Fakhamzadeh, CC BY 2.0.
The Hector Pieterson Museum is a museum located in Orlando West, Soweto, South Africa. Located two blocks away from where student protester Hector Pieterson was shot and killed on 16 June 1976, the museum is named in his honour and covers the events of the anti-Apartheid Soweto Uprising and Massacre, where more than 170 protesting school children were killed. Hector Pieterson Museum is situated 1 km south of Phomolong.
Orlando Amstel Arena
Stadium
Photo: 2010 World Cup - Shine 2010, CC BY 2.0.
Orlando Stadium, officially known as Orlando Amstel Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in Soweto, a township in Johannesburg, in Gauteng province in South Africa. Orlando Amstel Arena is situated 1½ km southeast of Phomolong.
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 1¼ km south of Phomolong.
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 4 km west of Phomolong.
Claremont
Suburb
Claremont is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, around 9 km west-northwest of City Hall. Under the old municipal borders, it was one of the westernmost suburbs of the city and bordered Roodepoort. Claremont is situated 7 km northeast of Phomolong.
Phomolong
- Type: Railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-26.22652° or 26° 13′ 36″ southLongitude
27.90901° or 27° 54′ 32″ eastElevation
1,637 metres (5,371 feet)Network
Metrorail GautengOpen location code
5G59QWF5+9JOpenStreetMap ID
node 247644794OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationGeoNames ID
965423Wikidata ID
Q124425278
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to French—“Phomolong” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Phomolong”
- French: “gare de Phomolong”
- French: “Phomolong”
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