Constitution Hill
The Constitution Hill precinct is the seat of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. It is located in Braamfontein, Johannesburg near the western end of the suburb of Hillbrow.Photo: The Heritage Portal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: building in South Africa
- Also known as: “Constitution Hill, Johannesburg”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Flame of Democracy and Johannesburg Art Gallery.
Johannesburg Art Gallery
Museum
Photo: Janek Szymanowski, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Johannesburg Art Gallery is an art gallery in Joubert Park in the city centre of Johannesburg, South Africa. It was once the largest gallery on the continent with a collection of more than 9000 artworks. Johannesburg Art Gallery is situated 1 km southeast of Constitution Hill.
Florence Nightingale Maternity Hospital
Building
Photo: Derek J Moore, CC BY 4.0.
The Florence Nightingale Maternity Hospital is a defunct hospital. This building was once a private maternity hospital located in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, South Africa. Florence Nightingale Maternity Hospital is situated 270 metres southeast of Constitution Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hillbrow and Braamfontein.
Hillbrow
Suburb
Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hillbrow is an Inner City residential neighbourhood of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. It is characterized by a high population density and has experienced issues associated with municipal disinvestment, including elevated levels of unemployment, poverty, prostitution, and crime.
Braamfontein
Suburb
Braamfontein is a central suburb of Johannesburg, in South Africa, seat of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and some of South Africa's major corporations such as Liberty Holdings Limited, JD Group, Sappi, and Bidvest Bank and Hollard.
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.
Constitution Hill
- Categories: building and tourism
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-26.18871° or 26° 11′ 19″ southLongitude
28.04259° or 28° 2′ 33″ eastOpen location code
5G5CR26V+G2OpenStreetMap ID
way 26352789OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q5164101
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Constitution Hill” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Konstitusie-heuwel”
- Afrikaans: “Konstitusieheuwel”
- Asturian: “Constitution Hill (Johannesburgu)”
- Catalan: “Constitution Hill”
- Catalan: “Turó de la Constitució”
- Chinese: “憲法山”
- Dutch: “Constitution Hill”
- Pedi: “Kgoro kgolo ya molaotheo”
- Portuguese: “Colina da Constituição”
- Portuguese: “Constituição Hill”
- Slovenian: “Constitution Hill, Johannesburg”
- Southern Sotho: “Leralla la molaotheo”
- Tswana: “Thabana ya Molaotheo”
- Venda: “Khote ya ndayothewa”
- Xhosa: “Intaba yomgaqosiseko”
- Zulu: “Umqansi womthethosisekelo”
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