Soweto
Soweto is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation for South Western Townships.Notable Places in the Area
Avalon Cemetery
Cemetery
Avalon Cemetery is one of the largest graveyards in South Africa. Avalon Cemetery is situated 3 km south of Soweto. Photo: Steamhunter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication
Tourist attraction
Walter Sisulu Square, formally known as the Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication, is located in the… Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication is situated 3½ km east of Soweto. Photo: ExtrovertS, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Localities in the Area
Lenasia
Town
Lenasia is a formerly racially segregated Indian township south of Soweto in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Lenasia is situated 7 km southwest of Soweto. Photo: WaseemLT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Soweto
- Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- Population: 1,700,000
- Latitude: -26.2678° or 26° 16' 4.1" south
- Longitude: 27.8585° or 27° 51' 30.6" east
- Elevation: 1632 meters (5354 feet)
- GeoNames ID: 953781
Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Soweto
- Arabic: سويتو
- Armenian: Սոուետո
- Asturian: Soweto
- Azerbaijani: Soveto
- Basque: Soweto
- Bengali: সোয়েতো
- Catalan: Soweto
- Chinese: 索韋托
- Chinese: 索韦托
- Croatian: Soweto
- Czech: Soweto
- Danish: Soweto
- Dutch: Soweto
- Esperanto: Soweto
- Finnish: Soweto
- French: Soweto
- Galician: Soweto
- Georgian: სოვეტო
- German: Soweto
- Greek: Σοβέτο
- Gujarati: સોવેટો
- Hebrew: סווטו
- Hindi: सॉवेटो
- Hungarian: Soweto
- Indonesian: Soweto
- Irish: Soweto
- Italian: Soweto
- Japanese: ソウェト
- Kannada: ಸೌಏತೋ
- Korean: 소웨토
- Latvian: Soueto
- Lithuanian: Sovetas
- Luxembourgish: Soweto
- Malagasy: Soweto
- Malay: Soweto
- Marathi: सोव्हिटो
- Norwegian Bokmål: Soweto
- Persian: سووتو
- Polish: Soweto
- Portuguese: Soweto
- Romanian: Soweto
- Russian: Соуэто
- Serbian: Совето
- Sinhala: සොවෙටෝ
- Slovak: Soweto
- Slovenian: Soweto
- South Azerbaijani: سووتو
- Spanish: Soweto
- Swahili: 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
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In the Area
Localities
- SenaoaneSuburb
- MapetlaSuburb
- MolapoSuburb
- TshiaweloSuburb, 2 km south
- MorokaSuburb, 2 km northeast
- DlaminiSuburb, 2 km east
Notable Places
- Doornkop CemeteryCemetery, 3½ km north
- Maponya MallRetail area, 4½ km east
- Dobsonville StadiumStadium, 4½ km north
- Shoprite USaveSupermarket, 4½ km northwest
- Protea Glen Shopping CentreShopping mall, 5 km west
- BP - Pick n Pay Convenient ShopGas station, 6 km northeast
A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles. - Tim Cahill
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