Houghton Estate
Houghton Estate, often simply called Houghton, is an affluent suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, north-east of the city centre. The area was designated for white residents as part of the Group Areas Act during the apartheid era and became known as one of the city's upper-class neighbourhoods.
- Suburb
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,680 metres (5,520 feet)
- Description: suburb of Johannesburg
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Places in the Area
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Hillbrow
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3½ km south of Houghton Estate
Houghton Estate
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Latitude
-26.15819° or 26° 9′ 30″ south
Longitude
28.05898° or 28° 3′ 32″ east
UN/LOCODE
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Open location code
5G5CR3R5+PH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = suburb
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Houghton Estate” goes by many names.
Houghton EstateAfrikaans
Հոութոն ԻսթեյտArmenian
Houghton EstateAsturian
Hafton-EsteytAzerbaijani
Гафтан ЭстэйтBelarusian
Houghton EstateCatalan
霍頓莊園Chinese
Houghton EstateCzech
Houghton EstateDutch
ΧιούτονGreek
יוטון אסטייטHebrew
Houghton EstateIndonesian
Eastát HoughtonIrish
Houghton EstateItalian
ホートン・エステートJapanese
ホートン地区Japanese
Houghton EstateNorwegian Bokmål
Houghton EstatePedi
Хафтон-ЭстейтRussian
Houghton EstateSwedish
Һафтон-ЭстейтTatar
Houghton EstateTumbuka
ہاؤٹن اسٹیٹUrdu
ہینگٹن ایسٹیٹUrdu
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