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″ southLongitude
27.91723° or 27° 55′ 2″ eastElevation
1,612 metres (5,289 feet)Network
Metrorail GautengOpen location code
5G59QW68+XVOpenStreetMap ID
node 247644755OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationGeoNames ID
967470Wikidata ID
Q124425226
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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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