Hillbrow Tower
The Hillbrow Tower is a tall tower located in the suburb of Hillbrow in Johannesburg, South Africa. At 269 m, it was the tallest tower in Africa for 50 years, until it was surpassed in 2021 by the 393.8 m Iconic Tower in Egypt's New Administrative Capital…
- Tower
- …is also known as “J. G. Strijdom Tower”
- …stands 270 metres (886 feet) tall
- Description: architectural structure
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ellis Park Stadium and Constitution Hill.
Ellis Park Stadium
Stadium
Ellis Park Stadium is a rugby union and association… Ellis Park Stadium is situated 1½ km southeast of Hillbrow Tower.
Constitution Hill
The Constitution Hill precinct is the seat of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. Constitution Hill is situated 700 metres west of Hillbrow Tower.
Johannesburg Art Gallery
Museum
The Johannesburg Art Gallery is an art gallery… Johannesburg Art Gallery is situated 1¼ km south of Hillbrow Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hillbrow and Braamfontein.
Hillbrow
Suburb
Hillbrow is an Inner City residential neighbourhood of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
Braamfontein
Suburb
Braamfontein is a central suburb of Johannesburg…
Hillbrow Tower
- Category: transmitter mast
- Location
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Latitude
-26.18699° or 26° 11′ 13″ south
Longitude
28.04928° or 28° 2′ 57″ east
Open location code
5G5CR27X+6P
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=obstacle
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=tower
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Hillbrow Tower” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Hillbrow-toring”
- Chinese: “希爾布羅塔”
- Danish: “Hillbrow Tower”
- Dutch: “Hillbrow Tower”
- French: “Hillbrow Tower”
- German: “Telkom Joburg Tower”
- Hebrew: “מגדל הילברו”
- Italian: “Torre di Hillbrow”
- Japanese: “ヒルブロウ・タワー”
- Korean: “힐브로 타워”
- Portuguese: “Hillbrow Tower”
- Spanish: “Torre de Hillbrow”
- Swedish: “Hillbrow Tower”
- Ukrainian: “Вежа Хіллброу”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Netcare Rand Hospital and New Apostolic Church.
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