Soweto
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.
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- Type: City
- Description: township of South Africa
- Categories: South African township and locality
- Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
Soweto
Latitude
-26.2228° or 26° 13' 22" southLongitude
27.89° or 27° 53' 24" eastPopulation
1,270,000Elevation
1,632 metres (5,354 feet)United Nations Location Code
ZA ZEVOpen Location Code
5G59QVGQ+VXOpenStreetMap ID
node 27565050GeoNames ID
953781Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Soweto
- Arabic: Soweto
- Arabic: سويتو
- Armenian: Սոուետո
- Asturian; Bable: Soweto
- Azerbaijani: Soveto
- Basque: Soweto
- Bengali: সোয়েতো
- Bulgarian: Совето
- Catalan: Soweto
- Chinese: 索韋托
- Chinese: 索韦托
- Croatian: Soweto
- Czech: Soweto
- Danish: Soweto
- Dutch: Soweto
- English: Johannesburg/Soweto
- English: Soweto, Gauteng
- English: Soweto, Johannesburg
- English: Soweto, South Africa
- Esperanto: Soweto
- Finnish: Soweto
- French: Doornkop
- French: Soweto
- Gallegan: Soweto
- Georgian: სოვეტო
- German: South Western Township
- German: South Western Townships
- German: Soweto
- Greek: Σοβέτο
- Gujarati: સોવેટો
- Hebrew: סווטו
- Hindi: सॉवेटो
- Hungarian: Soweto
- Indonesian: Soweto
- Irish: Soweto
- Italian: Soweto
- Japanese: ソウェト
- Japanese: ソエト
- Kannada: ಸೌಏತೋ
- Korean: 소웨토
- Latin: Soweto
- Latvian: Soueto
- Letzeburgesch: Soweto
- Lithuanian: Sovetas
- Lithuanian: Soweto
- Malagasy: Soweto
- Malay (generic): Soweto
- Marathi: सोव्हिटो
- Norwegian: Soweto
- Norwegian Bokmål: Soweto
- Persian: سووتو
- Polish: Soweto
- Portuguese: Soweto
- Romanian: Soweto
- Russian: Совето
- Russian: Соуэто
- Serbian: Совето
- Sinhalese: සොවෙටෝ
- Slovak: Soweto
- Slovenian: Soweto
- South Azerbaijani: سووتو
- Spanish: South West Township
- Spanish: South Western Township
- Spanish: Soweto
- Swahili (generic): Soweto
- Swedish: Soweto
- Tamil: சோயிட்டோ
- Telugu: సోవెటో
- Thai: โซเวโต
- Turkish: Soweto
- Ukrainian: Совето
- Urdu: سوویتو
- Venda: Soweto
- Vietnamese: Soweto
- Waray (Philippines): Soweto
- Xhosa: Soweto
- Zulu: Soweto
- Mpanzaville
- სოუეტო
Other Places Named Soweto
In the Area
Localities
- Meadowlands EastSuburb
- Meadowlands WestSuburb
- Meadowlands West Zone 10Suburb
- Meadowlands East Zone 3Suburb
Landmarks
- Healing Haven MinistriesChurch
- Region D Municipal Offices, Meadowlands, City Of JohannesburgGovernment office
- Mount Calvary National Babtist ChurchChurch
- Meadowlands High SchoolMemorial
Popular Destinations in Johannesburg
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