Informal Settlement

Informal Settlement is a residential area in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. Informal Settlement is situated nearby to the suburb KwaThema, as well as near the town Brakpan.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include KwaThema Stadium.

KwaThema Stadium

Park

KwaThema Stadium is a multi-use stadium in KwaThema, Gauteng, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home venue of Valencia FC in the ABC Motsepe League. KwaThema Stadium is situated 3 km southeast of Informal Settlement.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include KwaThema and Brakpan.

KwaThema

Suburb

KwaThema is a township south-west of Springs in the district of Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1951 when Africans were forcibly removed from Payneville because it was considered by the apartheid government to be too close to a white town. KwaThema is situated 3½ km southeast of Informal Settlement.

Brakpan

Town

Photo: Leo za1, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Brakpan is a mining town on the East Rand of Gauteng, South Africa, approximately 38 kilometres east of Johannesburg. Brakpan is situated 4 km north of Informal Settlement.

Springs

Town

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Springs is a former independent city that is now part of the City of Ekurhuleni, based in the east of Johannesburg, in Gauteng Province, South Africa. It lies 50 km east of Johannesburg and 72 km southeast from Pretoria. Springs is situated 6 km east of Informal Settlement.

Informal Settlement

Type: Residential area
Location: Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-26.27156° or 26° 16′ 18″ south

Longitude

28.37767° or 28° 22′ 40″ east

Open location code

5G5CP9HH+93

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1106930083

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

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