Brixton
Brixton is a predominantly working class suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is the site of the landmark Sentech Tower, and is near the suburbs of Auckland Park and Melville.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: place in Gauteng, South Africa
- Also known as: “Brixton, Johannesburg”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Helen Joseph Hospital and Brixton Tower.
Helen Joseph Hospital
Hospital
Helen Joseph Hospital is a public hospital based in Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa. Prior to 1997, it was known as the J.G. Strijdom Hospital. As a teaching hospital, its affiliated to the University of Witwatersrand's Medical School.
Brixton Tower
Tower
Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sentech Tower, previously named the Albert Hertzog Tower and commonly known as the Brixton Tower, is a 237-metre-high concrete television tower in the Brixton suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, near the top of the Brixton Ridge.
Radiopark
Building
Radiopark, also known as South African Broadcasting Corporation Building, is a 33-story skyscraper located in Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rossmore and Westdene.
Rossmore
Suburb
Rossmore is a suburb of Johannesburg, around 5 km northwest of City Hall. It borders Langlaagte to the north and Homestead Park. The name comes from the village of Paarlshoop, the oldest private township on the Witwatersrand.
Westdene
Suburb
Westdene is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Westdene lies between the historic suburb of Sophiatown and Melville with the Melville Koppies nature reserve to the north of the suburb.
Sophiatown
Suburb
Photo: ShiningWolf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sophiatown, also known as Sof'town or Kofifi, is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Sophiatown was a poor multi-racial area and a black cultural hub that was destroyed under apartheid. Sophiatown is situated 2½ km northwest of Brixton.
Brixton
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-26.19139° or 26° 11′ 29″ southLongitude
27.99667° or 27° 59′ 48″ eastElevation
1,782 metres (5,846 feet)Open location code
5G59RX5W+CMOpenStreetMap ID
node 262704371OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Brixton” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Brixton”
- Asturian: “Brixton”
- Chinese: “布里克斯頓”
- Dutch: “Brixton”
- Tumbuka: “Brixton”
- Turkish: “Brixton”
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Localities in the Area
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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 “Brixton”. Photo: Profberger, CC BY-SA 3.0.