Irene
Irene is a village of 2,700 people on the outskirts of Centurion in Tshwane, South Africa. It is south of Pretoria. Irene is known for having been a home to the South African statesman and military leader Jan Smuts, and as the site of a concentration camp where the British imprisoned Boer women and children during the Second Anglo-Boer War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 2,430 residents
- Description: township in South Africa
- Also known as: “Irene, Gauteng”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Centurion Park and Cornwall Hill College.
Centurion Park
Stadium
Centurion Park is a cricket ground in Centurion in South Africa. It is also known as SuperSport Park since television company SuperSport bought shares in the stadium.
Cornwall Hill College
School
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Cornwall Hill College is a private, boarding English medium co-educational preparatory and college in the suburb in Irene in Centurion in the Gauteng province of South Africa.
Southdowns College
School
Southdowns College is a private, English medium co-educational primary and high school situated in Irene, Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa. The school is part of the Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa and writes the Independent Examinations Board examinations.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Doringkloof.
Doringkloof
Suburb
Doringkloof is a residential suburb in Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa, just east of the CBD.
Irene
- Category: locality
- Location: City of Tshwane, Tshwane, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-25.8684° or 25° 52′ 6″ southLongitude
28.218° or 28° 13′ 5″ eastPopulation
2,430Elevation
1,472 metres (4,829 feet)United Nations Location Code
ZA ZCNOpen location code
5G6C46J9+J5OpenStreetMap ID
node 2921549204OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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