Orlando

Orlando is a railway station in City of Johannesburg, Gauteng and has an elevation of 1,612 metres. Orlando is situated nearby to the museum Mandela House, as well as near the suburb Dobsonville.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Orlando East Library and Orlando Amstel Arena.

Orlando East Library

Library

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Orlando East Public Library is the oldest library in Soweto in South Africa. Orlando East Library is situated 320 metres southeast of Orlando.

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 1 km northeast of Orlando.

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 1 km west of Orlando.

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 5 km west of Orlando.

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 Orlando.

Orlando

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

-26.23754° or 26° 14′ 15″ south

Longitude

27.91723° or 27° 55′ 2″ east

Elevation

1,612 metres (5,289 feet)

Network

Metrorail Gauteng

Open location code

5G59QW68+XV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 247644755

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

GeoNames ID

967470

Wikidata ID

Q124425226

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to French—“Orlando” goes by many names.

Afrikaans: “Orlando”
French: “gare d’Orlando”
French: “Orlando”

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