Western Extension

Western Extension is a suburb in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. Western Extension is situated nearby to the town Benoni, as well as near the suburb Westdene.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Willowmoore Park.

Willowmoore Park

Sports venue

Willowmoore Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Benoni, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and hosted two matches during the 2003 Cricket World Cup. The stadium holds 20,000 people. It opened in 1924.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Benoni and Wattville.

Benoni

Town

Photo: PretoriaTravel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ekurhuleni is the eastern part of the Gauteng province. It is part of the Johannesburg metropolitan area, and includes suburbs such as Modderfontein, Greenstone, Edenvale, Bedfordview, Benoni, Germiston, Springs, Boksburg and Brakpan.

Wattville

Suburb

Wattville is a township south of Benoni in Ekurhuleni Metropolitan municipality, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1941, and by 1948, 400 houses were built on 34 hectares. Wattville is situated 3½ km south of Western Extension.

Boksburg

Town

Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Boksburg is a city on the East Rand of Gauteng province of South Africa. Gold was discovered in Boksburg in 1887. Boksburg was named after the State Secretary of the South African Republic, W. Boksburg is situated 4½ km southwest of Western Extension.

Western Extension

Type: Suburb
Category: locality
Location: Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-26.1924° or 26° 11′ 33″ south

Longitude

28.30227° or 28° 18′ 8″ east

Open location code

5G5CR852+2W

OpenStreetMap ID

node 287106135

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

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