Claremont
Claremont is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, around 9 km west-northwest of City Hall. Under the old municipal borders, it was one of the westernmost suburbs of the city and bordered Roodepoort.- Type: Suburb
- Description: place in Gauteng, South Africa
- Also known as: “Claremont, Johannesburg”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Union Stadium and Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital.
Union Stadium
Stadium
Union Stadium is a municipal multi-sports facility situated in Westbury, Johannesburg, South Africa. It is mostly used for football matches.
Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital
Hospital
Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital is a maternity hospital in Coronationville, Johannesburg, South Africa. Prior to 2008, it was known as the Coronation Hospital.
Westbury Secondary School
School
Westbury Secondary School or Westbury High School is a secondary school in Westbury, Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2014 officials from the South African Police Service and the Gauteng Department of Education raided the school to combat illegal drugs.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sophiatown and Westdene.
Sophiatown
Suburb
Photo: ShiningWolf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sophiatown, also known as Sof'town or Kofifi, is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Sophiatown was a poor multi-racial area and a black cultural hub that was destroyed under apartheid.
Westdene
Suburb
Westdene is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Westdene lies between the historic suburb of Sophiatown and Melville with the Melville Koppies nature reserve to the north of the suburb. Westdene is situated 3½ km east of Claremont.
Rossmore
Suburb
Rossmore is a suburb of Johannesburg, around 5 km northwest of City Hall. It borders Langlaagte to the north and Homestead Park. The name comes from the village of Paarlshoop, the oldest private township on the Witwatersrand. Rossmore is situated 4 km east of Claremont.
Claremont
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-26.18028° or 26° 10′ 49″ southLongitude
27.95667° or 27° 57′ 24″ eastOpen location code
5G59RX94+VMOpenStreetMap ID
node 262704681OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q61360269
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Claremont” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Claremont, Johannesburg”
- Dutch: “Claremont, Johannesburg”
- Turkish: “Claremont”
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