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.

Type: Locality
Description: suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa
Also known as: “Meadowlands, Gauteng”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Dobsonville Stadium and Meadowlands Secondary School.

Dobsonville Stadium

Stadium

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0 br.

The Dobsonville Stadium, formerly Volkswagen… 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.

Dobsonville

Suburb

Dobsonville is a township in greater Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. 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. Zola is situated 7 km southwest of Meadowlands.

Meadowlands

Category: South African township
Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-26.2° or 26° 12′ south

Longitude

27.88333° or 27° 53′ east

Elevation

1,725 metres (5,659 feet)

Open location code

5G59QVXM+X8

GeoNames ID

977363

Wikidata ID

Q15252586

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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”
Urdu: “میڈولینڈز، گاؤٹینگ”
Xhosa: “Meadowlands, Gauteng”
Xhosa: “Meadowlands”
Zulu: “Meadowlands, Gauteng”
Zulu: “Meadowlands”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Meadowlands Zone 3 and Paardekraal.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Rand Leases and Florida Lake.

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