East Town
East Town is a suburb in City of Johannesburg, Gauteng. East Town is situated nearby to the suburb Waterval Estate, as well as near Albertskroon.Places of Interest
Highlights include Westpark Cemetery and Emmarentia Dam.
Westpark Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Hentie Joubert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Westpark Cemetery is a large cemetery in Johannesburg, South Africa, and is the resting place of some of the country's well-known citizens. It is a non-denomination designated burial ground, and thus has Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Chinese burial areas.
Emmarentia Dam
Reservoir
Photo: Setzor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Emmarentia Dam is a dam in Emmarentia, Johannesburg, South Africa. There are several dams that make up Emmarentia Dam, despite its allusion to the singular, with two small dams found upstream in the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens. Emmarentia Dam is situated 2½ km east of East Town.
Johannesburg Botanical Garden
Park
Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Johannesburg Botanical Garden is located in the suburb of Emmarentia in Johannesburg, South Africa. The gardens grew out of a large rose garden that was established in 1964 and subsequently expanded from 1969 to cover an area of around 125 hectares.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Franklin Roosevelt Park and Sophiatown.
Franklin Roosevelt Park
Suburb
Franklin Roosevelt Park is a north-western suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, around 8 km northwest of City Hall, north of Montgomery Park and southwest of Linden.
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 2½ km southeast of East Town.
East Town
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-26.155° or 26° 9′ 18″ southLongitude
27.97833° or 27° 58′ 42″ eastOpen location code
5G59RXVH+X8OpenStreetMap ID
node 262705299OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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