Carlton Centre

The Carlton Centre is a 50-storey skyscraper and shopping centre located on Commissioner Street in central , South Africa. At 223 metres, it was the tallest building in Africa for 46 years from its completion in 1973 until 2019.
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  • Type: Shopping center
  • Description: skyscraper in Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Also known as: “Carlton Centre Office Tower”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gandhi Square and Carlton Hotel.

Square
is a plaza located in the Central Business District of , . It is named after the political activist and pacifist, Mahatma Gandhi. is situated 330 metres west of Carlton Centre.

Hotel building
Photo: Thuvack, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a historic hotel in the of , South Africa. It opened in 1972 as part of the enormous Carlton Centre complex, and has been closed since 1998.

Stadium
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is a rugby union and association football stadium in , , South Africa. It hosted the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup, which was won by the country's national team, the Springboks. is situated 1½ km northeast of Carlton Centre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Johannesburg and Inner City.

Photo: Dylanharbour, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a large metropolis and 's largest city. Once regarded as South Africa's crime capital in the turbulent nineties, the city has shaken off that reputation led by its youthful exuberant population and a growing black middle class, not to mention the omnipresent soundtrack of Amapiano and house music.

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The encompasses the central districts of , including the tourist areas of Braamfontein, Maboneng, Newtown and Fordsburg.

Suburb
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is a suburb of , . It is located in Region F of the . The area, together with was previously home to a large concentration of Eastern European Jewish immigrants.

Carlton Centre

Latitude
-26.2056° or 26° 12′ 20″ south
Longitude
28.04635° or 28° 2′ 47″ east
Open location code
5G5CQ2VW+QG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7098962123
Open­Street­Map feature
shop=­mall
Wiki­data ID
Q976172
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Carlton Centre” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Carlton-sentrum”
  • Armenian: “Carlton Կենտրոն”
  • Chinese: “卡爾登中心”
  • Chinese: “卡爾登中心辦公大樓”
  • Czech: “Carlton Centre”
  • Dutch: “Carlton Centre”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كارلتون سنتر”
  • Finnish: “Carlton Centre”
  • French: “Carlton Centre”
  • German: “Carlton Centre”
  • Hebrew: “קרלטון סנטר”
  • Italian: “Carlton Centre”
  • Japanese: “カールトン・センター”
  • Korean: “칼튼 센터”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Carlton Centre”
  • Norwegian: “Carlton Centre”
  • Polish: “Carlton Centre Office Tower”
  • Portuguese: “Carlton Centre”
  • Russian: “Карлтон-центр”
  • Russian: “Офисная башня Карлтон-центра”
  • Slovenian: “Carlton Centre”
  • Spanish: “Carlton Centre Office Tower”
  • Spanish: “Carlton Centre”
  • Swedish: “Carlton Centre”
  • Thai: “คาร์ลตันเซ็นเตอร์”
  • Turkish: “Carlton Centre”
  • Ukrainian: “Башта Карлтон Центру”

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