Crown
Crown is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. It is immediately south-west of the Johannesburg CBD.- Type: Railway stop
- Description: place in Gauteng, South Africa
- Also known as: “Crown, Gauteng”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include FNB Stadium and Apartheid Museum.
FNB Stadium
Stadium
First National Bank Stadium or simply FNB Stadium, also known as Soccer City and the Calabash, is an association football and rugby union stadium located in Nasrec, bordering the Soweto area of Johannesburg, South Africa. FNB Stadium is situated 3½ km southwest of Crown.
Apartheid Museum
Museum
Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Apartheid Museum is a museum illustrating apartheid and the 20th-century history of South Africa. The museum, part of the Gold Reef City complex in Johannesburg, was opened in November 2001. Apartheid Museum is situated 2 km south of Crown.
Gold Reef City
Photo: Nolween, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gold Reef City is an amusement park in Johannesburg, South Africa. Located on an old gold mine which closed in 1971, the park is themed around the gold rush that started in 1886 on the Witwatersrand, and the buildings in the park are designed to mimic this period. Gold Reef City is situated 1½ km south of Crown.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Booysens and Fordsburg.
Booysens
Suburb
Booysens is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, located around 3.2 km southwest of city hall. Booysens is bordered on the southwest by Robertsham, on the northwest by Framton, on the north by Ophirton, on the east by the Robinson Deep mine, and on the south from east to west by Turffontein, West Turffontein, and Southdale.
Fordsburg
Suburb
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.
Robertsham
Suburb
Robertsham is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is situated in the city's southern suburbs just south of the CBD. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
Crown
- Categories: town, suburb, transport stop, and transportation
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-26.22219° or 26° 13′ 20″ southLongitude
28.01277° or 28° 0′ 46″ eastElevation
1,719 metres (5,640 feet)Open location code
5G5CQ2H7+44OpenStreetMap ID
node 4331222160OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stopGeoNames ID
1012454Wikidata ID
Q5189285
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Crown” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Crown, Johannesburg”
- Afrikaans: “Crown”
- Asturian: “Crown”
- Dutch: “Crown”
- Tumbuka: “Crown, Gauteng”
- Turkish: “Crown”
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