Fordsburg
Fordsburg is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Fordsburg is a residential suburb, although housing numerous shops and factories.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include MuseuMAfricA and Market Theatre.
MuseuMAfricA
Museum
Photo: Thomas.macmillan, CC BY 3.0.
Museum Africa or MuseuMAfricA is a historical museum in Newtown, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Market Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Bobbyshabangu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Market Theatre, based in the downtown bohemian suburb of Newtown in Johannesburg, South Africa, was opened in 1976, operating as an independent, anti-racist theatre during the country's apartheid regime.
Mary Fitzgerald Square
Square
The Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown, Johannesburg in South Africa is a public space named after Mary "Pickhandle" Fitzgerald, who is considered to have been the first female trade unionist in the country.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ferreirasdorp and Newtown.
Ferreirasdorp
Suburb
Ferreirasdorp is an inner-city suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. First known as Ferreira's Camp and later Ferreira's Township, it is the oldest part of Johannesburg.
Newtown
Suburb
Newtown is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in the capital city of Gauteng Province and in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
Braamfontein
Suburb
Braamfontein is a central suburb of Johannesburg, in South Africa, seat of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and some of South Africa's major corporations such as Liberty Holdings Limited, JD Group, Sappi, and Bidvest Bank and Hollard.
Fordsburg
- Type: Suburb
- Description: town
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-26.20556° or 26° 12′ 20″ southLongitude
28.02222° or 28° 1′ 20″ eastElevation
1,628 metres (5,341 feet)United Nations Location Code
ZA FBGOpen location code
5G5CQ2VC+QVOpenStreetMap ID
node 262706280OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
1004001Wikidata ID
Q619523
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Pedi—“Fordsburg” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Fordsburg”
- Asturian: “Fordsburg”
- Dutch: “Fordsburg”
- Pedi: “Fordsburg”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mayfair and Vrededorp.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include John Ware Gas Turbine Power Station and Mayfair Jummah Masjid.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fordsburg”. Photo: Profberger, CC BY-SA 3.0.