Johannesburg

Johannesburg is a large metropolis and 's largest city. Once regarded as South Africa's crime capital in the turbulent nineties, the city has shaken off that reputation led by its youthful exuberant population and a growing black middle class, not to mention the omnipresent soundtrack of Amapiano and house music.
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is a suburb of Johannesburg, . is an increasingly popular destination for travellers from around the world, and is home of the Nelson Mandela National Museum.

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is an affluent suburb and business centre in Johannesburg. It is home to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, a number of large financial institutions and the largest shopping centre in .

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The encompasses the central districts of Johannesburg, including the tourist areas of Braamfontein, Maboneng, Newtown and Fordsburg.

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encompasses the districts of Alberton, Rosettenville, Brackendowns and Turfontein in Johannesburg.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Ellis Park Stadium and Carlton Centre.

Stadium
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is a rugby union and association football stadium in Johannesburg, , South Africa. It hosted the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup, which was won by the country's national team, the Springboks.

Shopping center
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The is a 50-storey skyscraper and shopping centre located on Commissioner Street in central Johannesburg, South Africa. At 223 metres, it was the tallest building in Africa for 46 years from its completion in 1973 until 2019.

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The precinct is the seat of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. It is located in , a suburb of Johannesburg, near the western end of the suburb of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hillbrow and Parktown.

Suburb
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is an residential neighbourhood of Johannesburg, , . It is characterized by a high population density and has experienced issues associated with municipal disinvestment, including elevated levels of unemployment, poverty, prostitution, and crime.

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is a wealthy suburb of Johannesburg, , and is the first suburb north of the inner city. It is affectionately known as one of the Parks, others including , Parkwood, , North, and Forest Town.

Suburb
is a suburb of Johannesburg, . It is situated in the city's southern suburbs just south of the CBD. It is located in Region F of the .

Johannesburg

Latitude
-26.205° or 26° 12′ 18″ south
Longitude
28.0497° or 28° 2′ 59″ east
Population
4,430,000
Elevation
1,767 metres (5,797 feet)
IATA airport code
JNB
United Nations Location Code
ZA JNB
Open location code
5G5CQ2WX+2V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 261833893
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
993800
Wiki­data ID
Q34647
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Johannesburg” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Johannesburg”
  • Albanian: “Johanesburg”
  • Albanian: “Johannesburg”
  • Amharic: “ጆሃነስበርግ”
  • Amharic: “ጆሃንስበርግ”
  • Arabic: “جوهانزبرغ”
  • Arabic: “جوهانسبرج”
  • Arabic: “جوهانسبرغ”
  • Arabic: “جوهانسبـرغ”
  • Arabic: “جوهانسبورج”
  • Arabic: “جوهانسبورغ”
  • Arabic: “جوهانسبيرغ”
  • Arabic: “جوهنسبرغ”
  • Arabic: “يوهانسبرغ”
  • Arabic: “يوهانسبورغ”
  • Aragonese: “Johannesburgo”
  • Armenian: “Յոհաննեսբուրգ”
  • Arpitan: “J·ohanesbôrg”
  • Asturian: “Johannesburgu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yohanesburq”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yohannesburq”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yoxanesburq”
  • Balinese: “Johannesburg”
  • Bambara: “Johanɛsiburugu”
  • Bashkir: “Йоханнесбург”
  • Basque: “Johannesburg”
  • Basque: “Johannesburgo”
  • Belarusian: “Ёганесбург”
  • Belarusian: “Ёганэсбург”
  • Belarusian: “Ёганэсбурґ”
  • Belarusian: “Іаганесбург”
  • Belarusian: “Йаганесбург”
  • Belarusian: “Йаханесбург”
  • Belarusian: “Яганэсбург”
  • Bengali: “জোহানেসবার্গ”
  • Bosnian: “Johannesburg”
  • Breton: “Johannesbourc’h”
  • Breton: “Johannesburg”
  • Bulgarian: “Йоханесбург”
  • Burmese: “ဂျိုဟန္နက်စဗတ်မြို့”
  • Burmese: “ဂျိုဟန်နက်စ်ဘတ်မြို့”
  • Catalan: “Johannesburg”
  • Catalan: “Johannesburgo”
  • Cebuano: “Johannesburg”
  • Central Kanuri: “Johannesburg”
  • Central Kurdish: “جۆھانسبێرگ”
  • Chechen: “Йоханнесбург”
  • Chinese: “Johannesburg”
  • Chinese: “約翰內斯堡”
  • Chinese: “約翰尼斯堡”
  • Chinese: “约堡”
  • Chinese: “约翰内斯堡/約翰内斯堡”
  • Chinese: “约翰内斯堡”
  • Chinese: “约翰奈斯堡”
  • Chuvash: “Йоханнесбург”
  • Corsican: “Johannesburgu”
  • Croatian: “Johannesburg”
  • Czech: “Johanesburg”
  • Czech: “Johannesburg”
  • Danish: “Johannesburg”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Johannesburg”
  • Dutch: “Johannesburg”
  • Eastern Mari: “Йоханнесбург”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جوهانسبيرج”
  • Esperanto: “Johanesburg”
  • Esperanto: “Johanesburgo”
  • Esperanto: “Johannesburgo”
  • Esperanto: “Johannisburg”
  • Estonian: “Johannesburg”
  • Faroese: “Johannesburg”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Johannesburg”
  • Finnish: “Johannesburg”
  • French: “Jo’burg”
  • French: “Johanesburg”
  • French: “Johannesbourg”
  • French: “Johannesburg”
  • Galician: “Johannesburgo”
  • Galician: “Xohanesburgo”
  • Georgian: “იოჰანესბურგი”
  • German: “EGoli”
  • German: “IRhawutini”
  • German: “Johannesburg”
  • Gothic: “𐌹𐍉𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃”
  • Greek: “Γιοχάνεσμπουργκ”
  • Greek: “Γιοχαννεσμπούργκ”
  • Greek: “Γιοχάννεσμπουργκ”
  • Guarani: “Johannesburgo”
  • Gujarati: “જોહાનિસબર્ગ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Johannesburg”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Yok-hon-nì-sṳ̂-páu”
  • Hausa: “Johannesburg”
  • Hebrew: “יוהאנסבורג”
  • Hebrew: “יוהנסבורג”
  • Hindi: “जोहन्नेस्बर्ग”
  • Hindi: “जोहानिसबर्ग”
  • Hindi: “जोहान्सबर्ग”
  • Hindi: “जोहांसबर्ग”
  • Hungarian: “Johannesburg”
  • Icelandic: “Jóhannesarborg”
  • Ido: “Johannesburg”
  • Inari Sami: “Johannesburg”
  • Indonesian: “Johannesburg”
  • Interlingua: “Johannesburg”
  • Interlingue: “Johannesburg”
  • Irish: “Johannesburg”
  • Italian: “Johannesburg”
  • Japanese: “ヨハネスバーグ”
  • Japanese: “ヨハネスブルク”
  • Japanese: “ヨハネスブルグ”
  • Javanese: “Johannesburg”
  • Kabiyè: “Yowanɛsɩbuuri”
  • Kannada: “ಜೊಹಣೆಸ್ಬೆರ್ಗ್”
  • Kannada: “ಜೊಹಾನ್ಸ್‌ಬರ್ಗ್‌”
  • Kannada: “ಜೊಹ್ಯಾನಿಸ್ಬರ್ಗ್”
  • Kashmiri: “جوہانسبرگ”
  • Kazakh: “Йоханнесбург”
  • Kikuyu: “Johannesburg”
  • Kirghiz: “Йоханнесбург”
  • Korean: “요하네스버그 시”
  • Korean: “요하네스버그”
  • Korean: “요하네스뷔르그”
  • Latin: “Ioannesburgum”
  • Latin: “Ioannisburgum”
  • Latvian: “Johannesburga”
  • Lezghian: “Йогьаннесбург”
  • Lezghian: “Йоханнесбург”
  • Lingala: “Johannesburg”
  • Lithuanian: “Johanesburgas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Johannesbuerg”
  • Macedonian: “Јоханесбург”
  • Malagasy: “Johannesburg”
  • Malay: “Johannesburg”
  • Malayalam: “ജൊഹാനസ്‌ബർഗ്”
  • Malayalam: “ജൊഹാനസ്ബർഗ്”
  • Malayalam: “ജോഹന്നാസ്ബർഗ്”
  • Maltese: “Johannesburg”
  • Maori: “Hoanipāka”
  • Marathi: “जोबर्ग”
  • Marathi: “जोहानसबर्ग”
  • Marathi: “जोहान्सबर्ग”
  • Mazanderani: “جهانسبورگ”
  • Mazanderani: “ژوهانسبورگ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Johannesburg”
  • Minangkabau: “Johannesburg”
  • Mingrelian: “იოჰანესბურგი”
  • Moksha: “Йоганнэсбург”
  • Mongolian: “Йоханнесбург”
  • N'Ko: “ߖߏߤߊߣߍߛߑߓߐߙߜ߭”
  • N'Ko: “ߖߏߴߓߎߙߜ߭”
  • N'Ko: “ߗ߭ߏߤߊߣߍߛߑߓߎߙߜ߭”
  • Navajo: “Óola Haagééd (Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyah)”
  • Navajo: “Óola Haagééd”
  • Newari: “जोहन्नेस्बर्ग”
  • Northern Frisian: “Johannesburg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Johannesburg”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “EGoli”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “JHB”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Johannesburg”
  • Norwegian: “Johannesburg”
  • Novial: “Johannesburg”
  • Nyanja: “Johannesburg”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Johannesburg”
  • Oromo: “Johannesburg”
  • Ossetian: “Йоханнесбург”
  • Pampanga: “Johannesburg”
  • Panjabi: “ਜੋਹਾਨਿਸਬਰਗ”
  • Papiamento: “Johannesburg”
  • Pedi: “Johannesburg”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Johannesburg”
  • Persian: “ژوهانسبورگ”
  • Persian: “یوهانسبورگ”
  • Piemontese: “Johannesburg”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Johannesburg”
  • Polish: “eGoli”
  • Polish: “Johannesburg”
  • Portuguese: “Joanesburgo, África do Sul”
  • Portuguese: “Joanesburgo, Gauteng, África do Sul”
  • Portuguese: “Joanesburgo, Gauteng”
  • Portuguese: “Joanesburgo”
  • Portuguese: “Johanesburgo”
  • Portuguese: “Johannesburgo”
  • Pushto: “جوهانسبرج”
  • Pushto: “ژوهانسبورگ”
  • Romanian: “Johannesburg”
  • Russian: “Иоганнесбург”
  • Russian: “Иоханнесбург”
  • Russian: “Йоханесбург”
  • Russian: “Йоханнесбург”
  • Samogitian: “Johanesburgo”
  • Santali: “ᱡᱚᱡᱤ”
  • Santali: “ᱡᱚᱦᱟᱱᱥᱵᱟᱨᱜᱽ”
  • Santali: “ᱡᱚᱦᱟᱱᱱᱮᱥᱵᱟᱨᱜᱽ”
  • Santali: “ᱡᱚᱦᱟᱸᱥᱵᱟᱨᱜᱽ”
  • Sardinian: “Johannesburg”
  • Scots: “Johannesburg”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Johannesburg”
  • Serbian: “Јоханезбург”
  • Serbian: “Јоханесбург”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Johanesburg”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Johannesburg”
  • Shona: “Johannesburg”
  • Sicilian: “Johannesburg”
  • Silesian: “Johannesburg”
  • Sindhi: “جوهانسبرگ”
  • Sinhala: “ජොහැන්නස්බර්ග්”
  • Slovak: “Johannesburg”
  • Slovenian: “Johannesburg”
  • Somali: “Johannesburg”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ژوهانسبورق”
  • South Ndebele: “Johannesburg”
  • Spanish: “EGoli”
  • Spanish: “Igoli”
  • Spanish: “Johanesburgo”
  • Spanish: “Johannesburgo”
  • Swahili: “Johannesburg”
  • Swati: “IJohannesburg”
  • Swedish: “Johannesburg”
  • Tagalog: “Johannesburg”
  • Tagalog: “Johannesburgo”
  • Tajik: “Йоханнесбург”
  • Tajik: “Йоҳаннесбург”
  • Tamil: “ஜொகானஸ்பர்க்”
  • Tamil: “ஜொஹனஸ்பர்க்”
  • Tamil: “ஜொஹன்னஸ்பர்க்”
  • Tamil: “ஜோகனஸ்பேர்க்”
  • Tamil: “ஜோகன்னஸ்பெர்க்”
  • Tamil: “ஜோகார்னஸ்பேக்”
  • Tamil: “ஜோகானஸ்பேர்க்”
  • Tatar: “Yohannesburg”
  • Tatar: “Йоһаннесбург”
  • Telugu: “జోహాన్స్బర్గ్”
  • Thai: “โจฮันเนสเบิร์ก”
  • Thai: “โยฮันเนสเบิร์ก”
  • Tsonga: “Joni”
  • Tswana: “Johannesburg”
  • Tumbuka: “Johannesburg”
  • Turkish: “Johannesburg”
  • Turkmen: “Ýohannesburg”
  • Twi: “Johannesburg”
  • Uighur: “Yohannésburg”
  • Uighur: “يوھاننېسبۇرگ”
  • Ukrainian: “Йоганесбург”
  • Ukrainian: “Йоганнесбург”
  • Ukrainian: “Йоганнесбурґ”
  • Ukrainian: “Йоханесбург”
  • Ukrainian: “Йоханнесбург”
  • Urdu: “جوہانس برگ”
  • Urdu: “جوہانسبرگ”
  • Urdu: “یوہانس برگ”
  • Urdu: “یوہانسبرگ”
  • Uzbek: “Yoxannesburg”
  • Venda: “eGoli”
  • Venda: “Jo’burg”
  • Venda: “Johannesburg, Gauteng”
  • Venda: “Johannesburg”
  • Venda: “ZAJNB”
  • Venetian: “Johannesburg”
  • Veps: “Johannesburg”
  • Vietnamese: “Johannesburg”
  • Vlax Romani: “Johannesburg”
  • Volapük: “Johannesburg”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Johannesburg”
  • Welsh: “Johannesburg”
  • Western Armenian: “Ճոհանեսպուրկ”
  • Western Armenian: “Յոհաննեսբուրգ”
  • Western Frisian: “Jehannesburch”
  • Western Panjabi: “جوہانسبرگ”
  • Western Panjabi: “یوہانس برگ”
  • Wu Chinese: “约翰内斯堡”
  • Xhosa: “EGoli”
  • Yakut: “Йоханнесбург”
  • Yiddish: “יאהאניסבורג”
  • Yiddish: “יאהאנעסבורג”
  • Yoruba: “Johannesburg”
  • Yue Chinese: “約翰尼斯堡”
  • Zeeuws: “Johannesburg”
  • Zulu: “EGoli”
  • Zulu: “iGoli”
  • Zulu: “IGoli”
  • “Joburg”
  • “Johanesburgo”
  • “Johannesburg”
  • “Jozi”
  • “ma tomo Sowanepu”

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