Protea Glen
Protea Glen is a township of the City of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa, located north of Lenasia and west of Soweto. The suburb was developed in the 1990s for middle-class residents.Places of Interest
Highlights include Protea Glen Mall.
Protea Glen Mall
Shopping center
The Protea Glen Mall is a shopping mall in Protea Glen, in Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa, which opened in September 2012. Built at a cost of approximately R360-380 million, the mall is located at the intersection of R558 and Protea Boulevard in the centre of Protea Glen, and has over 90 tenants.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zola and Lenasia.
Zola
Suburb
Zola is a section of the Soweto township lying south of Johannesburg in Gauteng, South Africa. A number of well-known public figures, mostly musicians call Zola their home and were born and bred there. Zola is situated 4 km northeast of Protea Glen.
Lenasia
Town
Photo: WaseemLT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lenasia, also known as Lenz, is a suburb south of Soweto in the Gauteng province, South Africa, originally created to house Indians. It is located in Region G of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Lenasia is situated 5 km south of Protea Glen.
Dobsonville
Suburb
Dobsonville is a township in greater Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. It lies to the west of Meadowlands, a part of Diepmeadow, and is adjacent to Mofolo North and Zondi, which are suburbs of Soweto on its southern border. Dobsonville is situated 7 km northeast of Protea Glen.
Protea Glen
- Type: Suburb
- Description: place in Gauteng, South Africa
- Categories: South African township and locality
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-26.27222° or 26° 16′ 20″ southLongitude
27.81694° or 27° 49′ 1″ eastOpen location code
5G59PRH8+4QOpenStreetMap ID
node 262715091OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q7251201
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Protea Glen” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Protea Glen”
- Chinese: “普羅蒂亞格倫”
- French: “Protea Glen”
- Pedi: “Protea Glen”
- Turkish: “Protea Glen”
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