Mzimhlope
Mzimhlope is a railway stop in City of Johannesburg, Gauteng and has an elevation of 1,633 metres. Mzimhlope is situated nearby to Orlando Stadium, as well as near the suburb Dobsonville.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Orlando Stadium and Hector Pieterson Museum.
Orlando Stadium
Stadium
Photo: 2010 World Cup - Shine 2010, CC BY 2.0.
Orlando Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Soweto, a township in Johannesburg, in Gauteng province in South Africa. It is the home venue for Orlando Pirates Football Club, a professional soccer team that plays in the Premier Soccer League and owned by the City of Johannesburg. Orlando Stadium is situated 1 km south of Mzimhlope.
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 2 km southwest of Mzimhlope.
Orlando East Library
Library
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Orlando East Public Library is the oldest library in Soweto in South Africa. Orlando East Library is situated 1½ km south of Mzimhlope.
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 6 km west of Mzimhlope.
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 6 km northeast of Mzimhlope.
Mzimhlope
- Type: Railway stop
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-26.22324° or 26° 13′ 24″ southLongitude
27.92296° or 27° 55′ 23″ eastElevation
1,633 metres (5,358 feet)Open location code
5G59QWGF+P5OpenStreetMap ID
node 54994239OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stopGeoNames ID
972345
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