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.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb of Johannesburg
- Also known as: “ホートン地区”
Places of Interest
Highlights: South African National Museum of Military History and Great Park Synagogue.
South African National Museum of Military History
Museum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rosebank and Orange Grove.
Rosebank
Town
Orange Grove
Suburb
Orange Grove is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Orange Grove is situated 3 km east of Houghton Estate.
Hillbrow
Suburb
Houghton Estate
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-26.15819° or 26° 9′ 30″ south
Longitude
28.05898° or 28° 3′ 32″ east
Elevation
1,681 metres (5,515 feet)
UN/LOCODE
ZA HST
Open location code
5G5CR3R5+PH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Houghton Estate” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Houghton Estate”
- Armenian: “Հոութոն Իսթեյտ”
- Asturian: “Houghton Estate”
- Azerbaijani: “Hafton-Esteyt”
- Belarusian: “Гафтан Эстэйт”
- Catalan: “Houghton Estate”
- Chinese: “霍頓莊園”
- Czech: “Houghton Estate”
- Dutch: “Houghton Estate”
- French: “Houghton Estate”
- German: “Houghton Estate”
- German: “Houghton”
- Greek: “Χιούτον”
- Hebrew: “יוטון אסטייט”
- Indonesian: “Houghton Estate”
- Irish: “Eastát Houghton”
- Italian: “Houghton Estate”
- Japanese: “ホートン・エステート”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Houghton Estate”
- Pedi: “Houghton Estate”
- Russian: “Хафтон-Эстейт”
- Spanish: “Houghton Estate”
- Swedish: “Houghton Estate”
- Tatar: “Һафтон-Эстейт”
- Urdu: “ہاؤٹن اسٹیٹ”
- Urdu: “ہینگٹن ایسٹیٹ”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Riviera and Killarney.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: The Old Edwardian Society and Houghton Masjid.
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Worth a closer look: Johannesburg and Pretoria.
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