Fordsburg

Fordsburg is a suburb of , . It is located in Region F of the . Fordsburg is a residential suburb, although housing numerous shops and factories.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include MuseuMAfricA and Market Theatre.

Museum
Photo: Thomas.macmillan, CC BY 3.0.
Museum Africa or is a historical museum in , South Africa.

Theater building
Photo: Bobbyshabangu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , based in the downtown bohemian suburb of in , , was opened in 1976, operating as an independent, anti-racist theatre during the country's apartheid regime.

Museum
was opened on 24 September 2013, the museum is located in Pageview, Gauteng, . The building that the museum is housed in is one of the few to survive the forced removals under the Group Areas Act and was declared a Heritage resource in 2007.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ferreirasdorp and Newtown.

Suburb
is an inner-city suburb of , located in Region F of the . First known as Ferreira's Camp and later Ferreira's Township, it is the oldest part of Johannesburg.

Suburb
Photo: Tyler Yeo, CC BY 2.0.
is a suburb of , . It is located in the capital city of Gauteng Province and in Region F of the .

Suburb
is a central suburb of , in , seat of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and some of South Africa's major corporations.

Fordsburg

Latitude
-26.20556° or 26° 12′ 20″ south
Longitude
28.02222° or 28° 1′ 20″ east
Elevation
1,628 metres (5,341 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ZA FBG
Open location code
5G5CQ2VC+QV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 262706280
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1004001
Wiki­data ID
Q619523
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Fordsburg” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Fordsburg”
  • Asturian: “Fordsburg”
  • Dutch: “Fordsburg”
  • Pedi: “Fordsburg”
  • Urdu: “فورڈزبرگ”

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