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City of Johannesburg

Parktown

Parktown is a wealthy suburb of , , and is the first suburb north of the inner city. It is affectionately known as one of the Parks, others including , Parkwood, , Parktown North, and Forest Town.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Endstead and Johannesburg Planetarium.

Historic building
is a historic house in Parktown, Johannesburg, built in 1903 by Ernest Willmot Sloper for his own use. The original property has been sub-divided; the only major changes to the house have been the addition of a double garage by Tony…

Planetarium
Photo: Soul Train, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a planetarium owned by the University of the Witwatersrand, located on the University's East Campus in , . It was the first full-sized planetarium in Africa, and the second in the southern hemisphere.

Library
Photo: Heather Elke, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a library located on the East Campus of the University of the Witwatersrand, in , . Opened in March 1934, it stands as one of the university’s oldest and architecturally distinguished buildings, now serving as a research and special collections hub.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Braamfontein and Hillbrow.

Suburb
is a central suburb of , in , seat of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and some of South Africa's major corporations such as Liberty Holdings Limited, JD Group, Sappi, and Bidvest Bank and Hollard.

Suburb
Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an residential neighbourhood of , , . It is characterized by a high population density and has experienced issues associated with municipal disinvestment, including elevated levels of unemployment, poverty, prostitution, and crime.

Suburb
is an inner-city suburb of , located in Region F of the . First known as Ferreira's Camp and later Ferreira's Township, it is the oldest part of Johannesburg. is situated 2½ km south of Parktown.

Parktown

Latitude
-26.18167° or 26° 10′ 54″ south
Longitude
28.02778° or 28° 1′ 40″ east
Elevation
1,723 metres (5,653 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ZA ZEG
Open location code
5G5CR29H+84
Open­Street­Map ID
node 262721888
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
966190
Wiki­data ID
Q7138733
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Parktown” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Parktown”
  • Armenian: “Փարքթաուն”
  • Asturian: “Parktown”
  • Bavarian: “Parktown”
  • Catalan: “Parktown”
  • Chinese: “公園城”
  • Chinese: “帕克敦”
  • Dutch: “Parktown”
  • French: “Parktown”
  • German: “Parktown”
  • Pedi: “Parktown”
  • Persian: “پارکتاون”
  • Romanian: “Parktown”
  • Russian: “Парктаун”
  • Tumbuka: “Parktown”
  • Urdu: “پارک ٹاؤن”
  • Zulu: “IParktown”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kenefick Park Backyard Cricket Stadium and Falkland Park.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Parktown”. Photo: Paul venter, Public domain.