Kensington
Kensington is a hilly suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It was established in 1897 by Max Langermann. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and is bounded to the west by the suburb of Troyeville, to the east by Bedfordview and the north by Bruma and Cyrildene.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: place in Gauteng, South Africa
- Also known as: “Kensington, Gauteng”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jeppe High School for Girls and Scottish Horse War Memorial.
Jeppe High School for Girls
School
Jeppe High School for Girls is a public English medium high school for girls situated in the suburb of Kensington in Johannesburg in the Gauteng province of South Africa, The school's address is 160 Roberts Ave, Kensington, Johannesburg, 2094, South Africa.
Scottish Horse War Memorial
Memorial
The Scottish Horse War Memorial is a monument in Kensington, Johannesburg, South Africa. It was built on Caledonia Hill, between Somerset Road on the north side, Katoomba Street on the east, Highland Rd on the south, and Good Hope Street on the west.
Jeppe High School for Boys
School
Jeppe High School for Boys is a public English medium high school for boys in Kensington, a suburb of Johannesburg in the Gauteng province of South Africa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dewetshof and Denver.
Dewetshof
Suburb
Dewetshof is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It lies around 5.5 km northeast of City Hall between Observatory and Cyrildene, north of Observatory Hill.
Denver
Suburb
Denver is an industrial suburb in eastern Johannesburg, South Africa, on the railway to Germiston and Hoofrif Road, around 6 km east of City Hall. It borders Benrose to the west, Jeppestown and Malvern to the north, Cleveland to the east, and the François Oberholzer Freeway to the south.
Jeppestown
Suburb
Photo: Darly Nkuna, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jeppestown is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Jeppestown is situated 2½ km west of Kensington.
Kensington
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-26.19611° or 26° 11′ 46″ southLongitude
28.09694° or 28° 5′ 49″ eastElevation
1,708 metres (5,604 feet)United Nations Location Code
ZA ZCUOpen location code
5G5CR33W+HQOpenStreetMap ID
node 262707457OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
991367Wikidata ID
Q6391402
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Kensington” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kensington, Johannesburg”
- Afrikaans: “Kensington”
- Asturian: “Kensington”
- Chinese: “肯辛頓”
- Dutch: “Kensington”
- Pedi: “Kensington, Johannesburg”
- Russian: “Кенсингтон”
- Urdu: “کینسنگٹن، گوٹینگ”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rhodes Park Library and Rhodes Park.
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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 “Kensington”. Photo: Ossewa, CC BY-SA 4.0.