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.
- Type: Town with 2,430 residents
- Description: township in South Africa
- Also known as: “Irene, Gauteng”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Centurion Park and Cornwall Hill College.
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
- Categories: suburb and locality
- Location: City of Tshwane, Tshwane, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-25.8684° or 25° 52′ 6″ south
Longitude
28.218° or 28° 13′ 5″ east
Population
2,430
Elevation
1,472 metres (4,829 feet)
UN/LOCODE
ZA ZCN
Open location code
5G6C46J9+J5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Irene” goes by many names.
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