Emmarentia Library

Emmarentia Library is a library in City of Johannesburg, Gauteng. Emmarentia Library is situated nearby to the mosque Emmarentia Shul, as well as near Emmarentia Primary School.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Emmarentia Dam and Johannesburg Botanical Garden.

Emmarentia Dam

Reservoir

Photo: Setzor, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Emmarentia Dam is a dam in Emmarentia, Johannesburg, South Africa. There are several dams that make up Emmarentia Dam, despite its allusion to the singular, with two small dams found upstream in the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens.

Johannesburg Botanical Garden

Park

Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Johannesburg Botanical Garden is located in the suburb of Emmarentia in Johannesburg, South Africa. The gardens grew out of a large rose garden that was established in 1964 and subsequently expanded from 1969 to cover an area of around 125 hectares. Johannesburg Botanical Garden is situated 1¼ km west of Emmarentia Library.

Zoo Lake

Park

Photo: Dyltong, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Zoo Lake is a popular lake and public park in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is part of the Hermann Eckstein Park and is opposite the Johannesburg Zoo. Zoo Lake is situated 2 km east of Emmarentia Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Greenside and Richmond.

Greenside

Suburb

Greenside, is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Greenside borders on the suburbs Emmarentia, Parkview, Parkhurst and Victory Park.

Richmond

Neighborhood

Richmond is a small, centrally located suburb in Johannesburg whose Edwardian, Art Deco and Mid Century Modern houses are being both gentrified and torn down.

Parktown

Suburb

Photo: Paul venter, Public domain.

Parktown is a wealthy suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is the first suburb north of the inner city. It is affectionately known as one of the Parks, others including Parkview, Parkwood, Westcliff, Parktown North, Parkhurst and Forest Town. Parktown is situated 2½ km southeast of Emmarentia Library.

Emmarentia Library

Type: Library
Categories: building and education
Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-26.16198° or 26° 9′ 43″ south

Longitude

28.01324° or 28° 0′ 48″ east

Operator

City of Johannesburg Library and Information Services

Open location code

5G5CR2Q7+67

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1283850159

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=library

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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