Forest Town
Forest Town is a suburb in City of Johannesburg, Gauteng. Forest Town is situated nearby to the suburb Westcliff, as well as near Parktown.Places of Interest
Highlights include Johannesburg Zoo and Johannesburg South Africa Temple.
Johannesburg Zoo
Zoo
Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Johannesburg Zoo or Joburg Zoo is a 55-hectare zoo in Johannesburg, South Africa. The zoo is dedicated to the accommodation, enrichment, husbandry, and medical care of wild animals, and houses about 2000 individuals of 320 species.
Johannesburg South Africa Temple
Church
The Johannesburg South Africa Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located in Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa. The intent to construct the temple was announced by church president Spencer W.
Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital
Hospital
Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, named after Nelson Mandela is a children's hospital constructed since 2014 and opened in 2017.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parktown and Hillbrow.
Parktown
Suburb
Photo: Paul venter, Public domain.
Parktown is a wealthy suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is the first suburb north of the inner city. It is affectionately known as one of the Parks, others including Parkview, Parkwood, Westcliff, Parktown North, Parkhurst and Forest Town.
Hillbrow
Suburb
Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hillbrow is an Inner City residential neighbourhood of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. 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.
Braamfontein
Suburb
Braamfontein is a central suburb of Johannesburg, in South Africa, seat of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and some of South Africa's major corporations such as Liberty Holdings Limited, JD Group, Sappi, and Bidvest Bank and Hollard.
Forest 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
-26.17278° or 26° 10′ 22″ southLongitude
28.03667° or 28° 2′ 12″ eastOpen location code
5G5CR2GP+VMOpenStreetMap ID
node 262706286OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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