Braamfontein
Braamfontein is a central suburb of Johannesburg, in South Africa, seat of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and some of South Africa's major corporations such as Liberty Holdings Limited, JD Group, Sappi, and Bidvest Bank and Hollard.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Braamfontein and Constitution Hill.
Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Braamfontein
Church
Holy Trinity Catholic Church is a Catholic parish church located in Braamfontein in north-central Johannesburg.
Constitution Hill
Photo: The Heritage Portal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Constitution Hill precinct is the seat of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. It is located in Braamfontein, Johannesburg near the western end of the suburb of Hillbrow.
Johannesburg Park station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Johannesburg Park Station is the central railway station in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, and the largest railway station in Africa. It is located between the Central Business District and Braamfontein, in the block bordered by Rissik, Wolmarans, Wanderers, and Noord Streets.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ferreirasdorp and Hillbrow.
Ferreirasdorp
Suburb
Ferreirasdorp is an inner-city suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. First known as Ferreira's Camp and later Ferreira's Township, it is the oldest part of Johannesburg.
Hillbrow
Suburb
Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hillbrow is an Inner City residential neighbourhood of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. It is characterized by a high population density and has experienced issues associated with municipal disinvestment, including elevated levels of unemployment, poverty, prostitution, and crime.
Newtown
Suburb
Newtown is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in the capital city of Gauteng Province and in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
Braamfontein
- Type: Suburb
- Description: central suburb of Johannesburg, in South Africa
- Category: locality
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-26.1923° or 26° 11′ 32″ southLongitude
28.03614° or 28° 2′ 10″ eastElevation
1,733 metres (5,686 feet)United Nations Location Code
ZA ZAOOpen location code
5G5CR25P+3FOpenStreetMap ID
node 262695470OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
8063420Wikidata ID
Q896447
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Pedi—“Braamfontein” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Braamfontein”
- Bulgarian: “Брамфонтеин”
- Cebuano: “Braamfontein”
- Chinese: “布拉姆弗泰恩區”
- Chinese: “布拉姆方丹”
- Dutch: “Braamfontein”
- French: “Braamfontein”
- German: “Braamfontein”
- Pedi: “Braamfontein”
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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 “Braamfontein”. Photo: Profberger, CC BY-SA 3.0.