Zola
Zola is a section of the Soweto township lying south of Johannesburg in Gauteng, South Africa. A number of well-known public figures, mostly musicians call Zola their home and were born and bred there.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 44,800 residents
- Description: section of Soweto township, South Africa
- Also known as: “Zola, South Africa” and “Zola, Soweto”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dobsonville Stadium and Soweto Cricket Oval.
Dobsonville Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0 br.
The Dobsonville Stadium, formerly Volkswagen Dobsonville Stadium and also referred to as Dobsie Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Soweto, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Dobsonville Stadium is situated 3 km northeast of Zola.
Soweto Cricket Oval
Stadium
Soweto Cricket Oval is a multi-purpose stadium in Soweto, Gauteng. The ground is mainly used for organizing matches of cricket, although it has also been used occasionally for football and local events. Soweto Cricket Oval is situated 4 km southeast of Zola.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dobsonville and Protea Glen.
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 3½ km northeast of Zola.
Protea Glen
Suburb
Protea Glen is a township of the City of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa, located north of Lenasia and west of Soweto. The suburb was developed in the 1990s for middle-class residents. Protea Glen is situated 4 km southwest of Zola.
Soweto
Photo: Digr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Zola
Latitude
-26.24222° or 26° 14′ 32″ southLongitude
27.83639° or 27° 50′ 11″ eastPopulation
44,800Elevation
1,633 metres (5,358 feet)Open location code
5G59QR5P+4HOpenStreetMap ID
node 262718983OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
11286942Wikidata ID
Q8073531
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Swedish—“Zola” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Zola, Gauteng”
- Afrikaans: “Zola”
- French: “Zola”
- Japanese: “ゾラ”
- Pedi: “Zola, Gauteng”
- Pedi: “Zola”
- Swedish: “Zola”
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Highlights include Zola Eco Park and Good Shepherd Anglican Church, Tladi.
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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 “Zola”. Photo: Profberger, CC BY-SA 3.0.