KwaThema
KwaThema is a township south-west of Springs in the district of Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1951 when Africans were forcibly removed from Payneville because it was considered by the apartheid government to be too close to a white town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include KwaThema Stadium.
KwaThema Stadium
Park
KwaThema Stadium is a multi-use stadium in KwaThema, Gauteng, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home venue of Valencia FC in the ABC Motsepe League.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Springs and Tsakane.
Springs
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Springs is a former independent city that is now part of the City of Ekurhuleni, based in the east of Johannesburg, in Gauteng Province, South Africa. It lies 50 km east of Johannesburg and 72 km southeast from Pretoria. Springs is situated 6 km northeast of KwaThema.
Tsakane
Suburb
Tsakani, formally known as Tsakane, is a township located in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established during the early 1960s due to Apartheid's segregationist policies and was formally founded as a designated area. Tsakane is situated 7 km south of KwaThema.
Brakpan
Town
Photo: Leo za1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brakpan is a mining town on the East Rand of Gauteng, South Africa, approximately 38 kilometres east of Johannesburg. Brakpan is situated 8 km north of KwaThema.
KwaThema
- Type: Suburb
- Description: South African Township
- Categories: South African township and locality
- Location: Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-26.29861° or 26° 17′ 55″ southLongitude
28.3975° or 28° 23′ 51″ eastElevation
1,640 metres (5,381 feet)Open location code
5G5CP92X+H2OpenStreetMap ID
node 262708406OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“KwaThema” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “KwaThema”
- Armenian: “Քվաթեմ”
- Catalan: “KwaThema”
- Estonian: “KwaThema”
- French: “KwaThema”
- Galician: “KwaThema”
- German: “KwaThema”
- Hebrew: “קוות’מה”
- Japanese: “クワ＝テマ”
- Occitan (post 1500): “KwaThema”
- Pedi: “KwaThema”
- Polish: “KwaThema”
- Spanish: “KwaThema”
- Swedish: “KwaThema”
- Xhosa: “KwaThema”
- Zulu: “KwaThema”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include High School field and Civic Building.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “KwaThema”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.