Germiston
Germiston, also known as kwaDukathole, is a city in the East Rand region of Gauteng, South Africa, administratively forming part of the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality since the latter's establishment in 2000.
- Type: Town with 256,000 residents
- Description: Town in Gauteng, South Africa
- Also known as: “Germiston, Gauteng” and “Germiston, South Africa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Germiston Stadium and Rand Airport.
Germiston Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Bohemian Revolution, Public domain.Rand Airport
Aerodrome
Rand Refinery
Factory
Rand Refinery Limited is the world's largest integrated single-site precious metals refining and smelting complex. It was established in 1920 to refine gold within South Africa, which had previously been refined in London.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elsburg and Reiger Park.
Elsburg
Suburb
Reiger Park
Suburb
Reiger Park is a coloured residential area that is situated close to Boksburg in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa. Historically, this township was once known as Stirtonville’s when it was first proclaimed. Reiger Park is situated 4½ km east of Germiston.
Primrose
Suburb
Germiston
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-26.2294° or 26° 13′ 46″ south
Longitude
28.1806° or 28° 10′ 50″ east
Population
256,000
Elevation
1,626 metres (5,335 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ZA GRM
Open location code
5G5CQ5CJ+66
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
Discover Germiston from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Germiston” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Germiston”
- Arabic: “جرميستون”
- Asturian: “Germiston”
- Azerbaijani: “Cermiston”
- Basque: “Germiston”
- Catalan: “Germiston”
- Chinese: “傑米斯頓”
- Chinese: “杰米斯顿”
- Croatian: “Germiston”
- Czech: “Germiston”
- Danish: “Germiston”
- Dutch: “Germiston”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جرمستين”
- Estonian: “Germiston”
- French: “Germinston”
- French: “Germiston”
- German: “Germinston”
- German: “Germiston”
- Greek: “Γκέρμιστον”
- Hebrew: “ג’רמיסטון”
- Irish: “Germiston”
- Italian: “Germiston”
- Japanese: “ジャーミストン”
- Japanese: “ジャーミンストン”
- Lithuanian: “Džermistonas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Germiston”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Germiston”
- Pedi: “Germiston”
- Polish: “Germiston”
- Portuguese: “Germinston”
- Portuguese: “Germiston”
- Romanian: “Germiston”
- Russian: “Джермистон”
- Serbian: “Germiston”
- Serbian: “Гермистон”
- Shona: “Germiston”
- Silesian: “Germiston”
- Slovak: “Germiston”
- Slovenian: “Germiston”
- Spanish: “Germiston (Gauteng)”
- Spanish: “Germiston”
- Swedish: “Germiston”
- Tatar: “Җермистон”
- Tswana: “Germiston”
- Turkish: “Germiston”
- Ukrainian: “Джермістон”
- Urdu: “جرمسٹن”
- Waray (Philippines): “Germiston”
- Welsh: “Germiston”
- Western Panjabi: “جرمسٹن”
- Xhosa: “Germiston”
- Zulu: “Germiston”
- Zulu: “kwaDukathole”
- “Germiston”
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Localities in the Area
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