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Lawley

Lawley is a township in the province of and is some 8 km south of . Named after Sir Arthur Lawley, Lieutenant-Governor of Transvaal from 1902 to 1906, when he became Governor of Madras.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: human settlement in South Africa
  • Also known as: “Lawley, South Africa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tolstoy Farm.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
was an ashram initiated and organised by Mohandas Gandhi during his South African movement. At its creation in 1910 the ashram served as the headquarters of the campaign of satyagraha against discrimination against Indians in Transvaal, where it was located. is situated 3 km north of Lawley.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lenasia South and Ennerdale.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 4 km east of Lawley.

Town
is a town in the in , . was declared as a coloured group area under the apartheid regime. is situated 4 km southeast of Lawley.

Town
Photo: WaseemLT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also known as Lenz, is a suburb south of in the Gauteng province, , originally created to house Indians. It is located in Region G of the . is situated 8 km north of Lawley.

Lawley

Latitude
-26.39167° or 26° 23′ 30″ south
Longitude
27.81278° or 27° 48′ 46″ east
Elevation
1,662 metres (5,453 feet)
Open location code
5G59JR57+84
Open­Street­Map ID
node 262708489
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
984148
Wiki­data ID
Q6503638
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In Other Languages

“Lawley” goes by many names.

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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