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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 256,000 residents
- Description: city in Gauteng, South Africa
- Also known as: “Germiston, Gauteng” and “Germiston, South Africa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rand Airport and Germiston Stadium.
Rand Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Nolween, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rand Airport is an airport in Germiston, South Africa. It was constructed in the 1920s as the main airport for Johannesburg, but the city outgrew it and replaced the airport with Palmietfontein Airport in 1948.
Germiston Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Bohemian Revolution, Public domain.
Germiston Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Germiston, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for rugby matches and track events. Germiston Stadium is the home stadium of Germiston Simmer Rugby Club and Germiston Football Club.
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
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Elsburg is a town in Ekurhuleni in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is a town some 6 km south-east of Germiston.
Reiger Park
Suburb
Reiger Park is a township situated in Boksburg in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established as Stirtonville after the Second World War when people influxed from rural areas seeking work on the gold mines. Reiger Park is situated 4½ km east of Germiston.
Primrose
Suburb
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Primrose is a suburb of Germiston in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa. It is an old residential area built in the early 1900s, in response to the gold rush. Primrose is situated 5 km north of Germiston.
Germiston
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-26.2294° or 26° 13′ 46″ southLongitude
28.1806° or 28° 10′ 50″ eastPopulation
256,000Elevation
1,649 metres (5,410 feet)United Nations Location Code
ZA GRMOpen location code
5G5CQ5CJ+66OpenStreetMap ID
node 26453407OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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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, Južna Afrika”
- 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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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Delville Bowling Club and Delville Swimming Pool.
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