Boksburg
Boksburg is a city on the East Rand of Gauteng province of South Africa. Gold was discovered in Boksburg in 1887. Boksburg was named after the State Secretary of the South African Republic, W.Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tambo Memorial Hospital and Boksburg High School.
Tambo Memorial Hospital
Hospital
The Tambo Memorial Hospital is a regional hospital located in Boksburg in Gauteng Province, South Africa. This regional hospital is situated about 70 km from Pretoria, 30 km from Johannesburg CBD and 10 km from O. R. Tambo International Airport.
Boksburg High School
School
Boksburg High School is a public high school in Boksburg, a suburb of Ekurhuleni, South Africa. The school was founded in 1920 as the Rand East Training and Preparatory College under its first Principal, Mr Charter.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Benoni and Wattville.
Benoni
Town
Photo: PretoriaTravel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ekurhuleni is the eastern part of the Gauteng province. It is part of the Johannesburg metropolitan area, and includes suburbs such as Modderfontein, Greenstone, Edenvale, Bedfordview, Benoni, Germiston, Springs, Boksburg and Brakpan. Benoni is situated 5 km northeast of Boksburg.
Wattville
Suburb
Wattville is a township south of Benoni in Ekurhuleni Metropolitan municipality, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1941, and by 1948, 400 houses were built on 34 hectares. Wattville is situated 4½ km east of Boksburg.
Reiger Park
Suburb
Reiger Park is a coloured residential area that is situated close to Boksburg in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa. Historically, this township was once known as Stirtonville’s when it was first proclaimed. Reiger Park is situated 4 km southwest of Boksburg.
Boksburg
- Type: Town with 260,000 residents
- Description: Town in Gauteng, South Africa
- Category: locality
- Location: Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-26.2125° or 26° 12′ 45″ southLongitude
28.2617° or 28° 15′ 42″ eastPopulation
260,000Elevation
1,624 metres (5,328 feet)Open location code
5G5CQ7Q6+2MOpenStreetMap ID
node 26458742OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1017780Wikidata ID
Q891229
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Boksburg” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Boksburg”
- Arabic: “بوكسبورغ”
- Armenian: “Բոկսբուրգ”
- Asturian: “Boksburg”
- Bulgarian: “Боксбург”
- Catalan: “Boksburg”
- Cebuano: “Boksburg”
- Chinese: “博克斯堡”
- Danish: “Boksburg”
- Dutch: “Boksburg”
- Esperanto: “Boksburg”
- Estonian: “Boksburg”
- Finnish: “Boksburg”
- French: “Boksburg”
- German: “Boksburg”
- Hebrew: “בוקסבורג”
- Irish: “Boksburg”
- Italian: “Boksburg”
- Japanese: “ボックスバーグ”
- Korean: “복스뷔르흐”
- Lithuanian: “Boksburgas”
- Malagasy: “Boksburg”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Boksburg”
- Norwegian: “Boksburg”
- Pedi: “Boksburg”
- Polish: “Boksburg”
- Portuguese: “Boksburg”
- Russian: “Боксбург”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Boksburg”
- South Ndebele: “IBoksburg”
- Spanish: “Boksburg”
- Swahili: “Boksburg”
- Swati: “Boksburg”
- Swedish: “Boksburg”
- Urdu: “بوکسبرگ”
- Venda: “Boksburg”
- Waray (Philippines): “Boksburg”
- Xhosa: “Boksburg”
- Zulu: “Boksburg”
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