Boksburg

Boksburg is a city on the of province of . Gold was discovered in Boksburg in 1887. Boksburg was named after the State Secretary of the South African Republic, W.
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Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tambo Memorial Hospital and Boksburg High School.

Hospital
The is a regional hospital located in Boksburg in , . This regional hospital is situated about 70 km from Pretoria, 30 km from Johannesburg CBD and 10 km from .

School
is a 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.

Town
Photo: PretoriaTravel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ekurhuleni is the eastern part of the province. It is part of the metropolitan area, and includes suburbs such as Modderfontein, Greenstone, Edenvale, Bedfordview, , Germiston, Springs, Boksburg and Brakpan. is situated 5 km northeast of Boksburg.

Suburb
is a township south of Benoni in Ekurhuleni Metropolitan municipality, , . It was established in 1941, and by 1948, 400 houses were built on 34 hectares. is situated 4½ km east of Boksburg.

Suburb
is a township situated in Boksburg in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, , . It was established as Stirtonville after the Second World War when people influxed from rural areas seeking work on the gold mines. is situated 4 km southwest of Boksburg.

Boksburg

Latitude
-26.2125° or 26° 12′ 45″ south
Longitude
28.2617° or 28° 15′ 42″ east
Population
260,000
Elevation
1,624 metres (5,328 feet)
Open location code
5G5CQ7Q6+2M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26458742
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1017780
Wiki­data 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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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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