Eldorado Park
Eldorado Park is a suburb of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region G of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. It lies on the southern boundary of Soweto and prior to 1994, was a Coloured township during Apartheid.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: place in Gauteng, South Africa
- Also known as: “Eldorado Park, Gauteng”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Walter Sisulu Square and Regina Mundi Catholic Church.
Walter Sisulu Square
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Walter Sisulu Square, formally known as the Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication, is located in the heart of Kliptown in Soweto, South Africa. This location was the site where, on 26 June 1955, the Congress of the People, met to draw up the Freedom Charter, an alternative vision to the repressive policies of the apartheid state.
Regina Mundi Catholic Church
Church
Photo: Moongateclimber, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Regina Mundi, designed by architect Anthony Noel Errol Slaven, is the largest Roman Catholic church in South Africa. It is located in Rockville, Soweto, a populous black urban residential area within the city of Johannesburg. Regina Mundi Catholic Church is situated 3½ km northwest of Eldorado Park.
Avalon Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Steamhunter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Avalon Cemetery is one of the largest graveyards in South Africa. It was opened in 1972, during the height of apartheid, as a graveyard exclusively for black people. Avalon Cemetery is situated 3½ km west of Eldorado Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Soweto and Dobsonville.
Soweto
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Soweto is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Soweto is an increasingly popular destination for travellers from around the world, and is home of the Nelson Mandela National Museum.
Dobsonville
Suburb
Dobsonville is a township in greater Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. It lies to the west of Meadowlands, a part of Diepmeadow, and is adjacent to Mofolo North and Zondi, which are suburbs of Soweto on its southern border. Dobsonville is situated 8 km north of Eldorado Park.
Lenasia
Town
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Lenasia, also known as Lenz, is a suburb south of Soweto in the Gauteng province, South Africa, originally created to house Indians. It is located in Region G of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Lenasia is situated 8 km southwest of Eldorado Park.
Eldorado Park
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Eldorado Park” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “埃爾多拉多公園”
- Dutch: “Eldorado Park”
- Turkish: “Eldorado Park”
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