Meadowlands
Meadowlands is a suburb of Soweto, Gauteng Province, South Africa. It was founded in the early 1950s during the apartheid era for black residents from Sophiatown.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa
- Also known as: “Meadowlands, Gauteng”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dobsonville Stadium and Meadowlands Secondary School.
Dobsonville Stadium
Stadium
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The Dobsonville Stadium, formerly Volkswagen Dobsonville Stadium and also referred to as Dobsie Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Soweto, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Dobsonville Stadium is situated 3½ km southwest of Meadowlands.
Meadowlands Secondary School
School
Meadowlands Secondary School is a government secondary school in Meadowlands a section of Soweto.
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 3 km southwest of Meadowlands.
Zola
Suburb
Zola is a section of the Soweto township lying south of Johannesburg in Gauteng, South Africa. A number of well-known public figures, mostly musicians call Zola their home and were born and bred there. Zola is situated 7 km southwest of Meadowlands.
Meadowlands
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Meadowlands” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Meadowlands, Johannesburg”
- Afrikaans: “Meadowlands”
- French: “Meadowlands”
- German: “Meadowlands”
- Japanese: “メドーランズ”
- Pedi: “Meadowlands, Gauteng”
- Pedi: “Meadowlands”
- Xhosa: “Meadowlands, Gauteng”
- Xhosa: “Meadowlands”
- Zulu: “Meadowlands, Gauteng”
- Zulu: “Meadowlands”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Meadowlands Zone 3 and Paardekraal.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rand Leases and Florida Lake.
Gauteng: Must-Visit Destinations
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Meadowlands”. Photo: Profberger, CC BY-SA 3.0.