Gandhi Square
Gandhi Square is a plaza located in the Central Business District of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is named after the political activist and pacifist, Mahatma Gandhi.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Carlton Centre and Johannesburg City Hall.
Carlton Centre
Shopping center
Photo: Thuvack, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Carlton Centre is a 50-storey skyscraper and shopping centre located on Commissioner Street in central Johannesburg, South Africa. At 223 metres, it was the tallest building in Africa for 46 years from its completion in 1973 until 2019. Carlton Centre is situated 330 metres east of Gandhi Square.
Johannesburg City Hall
Town hall
Photo: Chris Eason, CC BY 2.0.
Johannesburg City Hall is an Edwardian building constructed in 1914 by the Hawkey and McKinley construction company. The plan for the building was drawn in 1910 and construction was started in 1913 and finished in 1914. Johannesburg City Hall is situated 330 metres northwest of Gandhi Square.
Beyers Naudé Square
Square
The Beyers Naudé Square is a large city square in the center of Johannesburg, South Africa, named after Beyers Naudé, a former dominee in the Dutch Reformed Church, who was banned by the apartheid government for campaigning against apartheid. Beyers Naudé Square is situated 450 metres northwest of Gandhi Square.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marshalltown and Inner City.
Marshalltown
Suburb
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Marshalltown is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. The area, together with Ferreirasdorp was previously home to a large concentration of Eastern European Jewish immigrants.
Inner City
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Inner city encompasses the central districts of Johannesburg, including the tourist areas of Braamfontein, Maboneng, Newtown and Fordsburg.
Johannesburg
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Johannesburg is a large metropolis and South Africa'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.
Gandhi Square
- Type: Square
- Description: plaza in Central Business District, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Categories: plaza and locality
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-26.20666° or 26° 12′ 24″ southLongitude
28.04329° or 28° 2′ 36″ eastOpen location code
5G5CQ2VV+88OpenStreetMap ID
way 26347068OpenStreetMap feature
place=squareWikidata ID
Q5520720
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Telugu—“Gandhi Square” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Gandhi-plein”
- Central Bikol: “Gandhi Square”
- Chinese: “甘地廣場”
- Lithuanian: “Gandžio aikštė”
- Malayalam: “ഗാന്ധി സ്ക്വയർ”
- Russian: “Площадь Ганди”
- Spanish: “Plaza Gandhi”
- Telugu: “గాంధీ స్క్వేర్”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gandhi Sq Metrobus terminal and Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development.
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