Alexandra
Alexandra, informally abbreviated to Alex, is a township in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It forms part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and is located next to the wealthy suburb of Sandton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 180,000 residents
- Description: township in Gauteng, South Africa
- Also known as: “Alexandra, South Africa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Marlboro and Alexandra Stadium.
Marlboro
Railway station
Photo: Henry1500, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Marlboro is a metro station on the Gautrain rapid transit system in Marlboro, Gauteng. It opened on 8 June 2010 with service to OR Tambo International Airport.
Alexandra Stadium
Stadium
Alexandra Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Alexandra, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. It is primarily used for soccer matches. Host to top tier games between the 1940s and 1980s, featuring Orlando Pirates, Moroka Swallows, Pimville United Brothers, Pretoria Callies and others, it had fallen into dilapidation by 2019.
Sandton
Railway station
Photo: Nolween, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sandton is a metro station on the Gautrain rapid transit system in Sandton, Gauteng. It opened to traffic on 8 June 2010 with service to OR Tambo International Airport. Sandton is situated 4 km west of Alexandra.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandton and Edenvale.
Sandton
Photo: Bizcallers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sandton is an affluent suburb and business centre in Johannesburg. It is home to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, a number of large financial institutions and the largest shopping centre in South Africa.
Edenvale
Suburb
Photo: Cnr.za, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Edenvale is a small city on the East Rand in Gauteng, South Africa. It is part of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. It lies about halfway between the O.R. Edenvale is situated 6 km southeast of Alexandra.
Morningside
Suburb
Morningside is a commercial and residential suburb of Johannesburg in Sandton, South Africa, located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Morningside is situated 4½ km northwest of Alexandra.
Alexandra
Latitude
-26.1044° or 26° 6′ 16″ southLongitude
28.0989° or 28° 5′ 56″ eastPopulation
180,000Elevation
1,542 metres (5,059 feet)Inception
1912Open location code
5G5CV3WX+6HOpenStreetMap ID
node 262719072OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Alexandra” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Alexandra”
- Catalan: “Alexandra”
- Cebuano: “Alexandra”
- Chinese: “亚历山德拉”
- Chinese: “亞歷山德拉”
- Dutch: “Alexandra”
- Esperanto: “Alexandra”
- French: “Alexandra”
- Galician: “Alexandra”
- German: “Alexandra”
- Indonesian: “Alexandra, Gauteng”
- Indonesian: “Alexandra”
- Japanese: “アレクサンドラ”
- Malayalam: “അലക്സാണ്ട്ര”
- Pedi: “Alexandra”
- Persian: “الکساندرا، گاتنگ”
- Portuguese: “Alexandra”
- Russian: “Александра”
- Spanish: “Alexandra Gauteng”
- Spanish: “Alexandra”
- Waray (Philippines): “Alexandra, Gauteng”
- Waray (Philippines): “Alexandra”
- Xhosa: “Alexandra, Gauteng”
- Xhosa: “Alexandra”
- Zulu: “Alexandra, Gauteng”
- Zulu: “Alexandra”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Basketball Court and Alexandra Police Station.
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