Gold Reef City
Gold Reef City is an amusement park in Johannesburg, South Africa. Located on an old gold mine which closed in 1971, the park is themed around the gold rush that started in 1886 on the Witwatersrand, and the buildings in the park are designed to mimic this period.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Apartheid Museum and FNB Stadium.
Apartheid Museum
Museum
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The Apartheid Museum is a museum illustrating apartheid and the 20th-century history of South Africa. The museum, part of the Gold Reef City complex in Johannesburg, was opened in November 2001. Apartheid Museum is situated 160 metres southwest of Gold Reef City.
FNB Stadium
Stadium
First National Bank Stadium or simply FNB Stadium, also known as Soccer City and The Calabash, is an association football and Rugby union stadium located in Nasrec, bordering the Soweto area of Johannesburg, South Africa. FNB Stadium is situated 2½ km west of Gold Reef City.
Nasrec
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Nasrec is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. The name "Nasrec" is an abbreviation for "National Recreation Centre". Nasrec is situated 3 km west of Gold Reef City.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Robertsham and Booysens.
Robertsham
Suburb
Robertsham is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is situated in the city's southern suburbs just south of the CBD. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
Booysens
Suburb
Booysens is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, located around 3.2 km southwest of city hall. Booysens is bordered on the southwest by Robertsham, on the northwest by Framton, on the north by Ophirton, on the east by the Robinson Deep mine, and on the south from east to west by Turffontein, West Turffontein, and Southdale.
Winchester Hills
Suburb
Winchester Hills is an area in Johannesburg, South Africa. Houses for sale in the region often sell for more than R 750,000. Winchester Hills is situated 3½ km south of Gold Reef City.
Gold Reef City
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: amusement park in Johannesburg
- Categories: amusement park and tourism
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-26.23706° or 26° 14′ 13″ southLongitude
28.01001° or 28° 0′ 36″ eastElevation
1,702 metres (5,584 feet)Open location code
5G5CQ276+52OpenStreetMap ID
node 4663460290OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Japanese—“Gold Reef City” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Gold Reef City”
- Afrikaans: “Goudrifstad”
- Chinese: “金礁城”
- Dutch: “Gold Reef City”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جولد ريف سيتى”
- French: “Gold Reef City”
- German: “Gold Reef City”
- Japanese: “ゴールド・リーフ・シティ”
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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 “Gold Reef City”. Photo: Nolween, CC BY-SA 3.0.