Mandela House
The Nelson Mandela National Museum, commonly referred to as Mandela House, is the house on Vilakazi Street, Orlando West, Soweto, South Africa, where Nelson Mandela lived from 1946 to 1962.Photo: Moongateclimber, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: The Nelson Mandela National Museum, commonly referred to as Mandela House, is a house in South Africa.
- Also known as: “Nelson Mandela National Museum”
- Address: 8115 Vilakazi Street, Johannesburg
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Orlando Amstel Arena and Orlando East Library.
Orlando Amstel Arena
Stadium
Photo: 2010 World Cup - Shine 2010, CC BY 2.0.
Orlando Stadium, officially known as Orlando Amstel Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in Soweto, a township in Johannesburg, in Gauteng province in South Africa. Orlando Amstel Arena is situated 1½ km northeast of Mandela House.
Orlando East Library
Library
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Orlando East Public Library is the oldest library in Soweto in South Africa. Orlando East Library is situated 1¼ km east of Mandela House.
Orlando Power Station
Ruins
Photo: Tim giddings, Public domain.
Orlando Power Station is a decommissioned coal-fired power station in Soweto, South Africa. The power station was commissioned at the end of the Second World War and served Johannesburg for over 50 years. Orlando Power Station is situated 2½ km southeast of Mandela House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Soweto and Dobsonville.
Soweto
Photo: Digr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Soweto is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Soweto is an increasingly popular destination for travellers from around the world, and is home of the Nelson Mandela National Museum.
Dobsonville
Suburb
Dobsonville is a township in greater Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. It lies to the west of Meadowlands, a part of Diepmeadow, and is adjacent to Mofolo North and Zondi, which are suburbs of Soweto on its southern border. Dobsonville is situated 4½ km west of Mandela House.
Zola
Suburb
Zola is a section of the Soweto township lying south of Johannesburg in Gauteng, South Africa. A number of well-known public figures, mostly musicians call Zola their home and were born and bred there. Zola is situated 7 km west of Mandela House.
Mandela House
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-26.23851° or 26° 14′ 19″ southLongitude
27.9088° or 27° 54′ 32″ eastOpen location code
5G59QW65+HGOpenStreetMap ID
way 674918334OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q3844400
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Swahili—“Mandela House” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Մանդելայի տուն”
- Asturian: “Casa Mandela”
- Chinese: “曼德拉故居”
- Dutch: “Mandela House”
- French: “musée Nelson-Mandela de Soweto”
- French: “Musée Nelson-Mandela de Soweto”
- German: “Mandela House”
- Hausa: “Gidan Mandela”
- Hebrew: “בית מנדלה”
- Italian: “Mandela Family Museum”
- Japanese: “ネルソン・マンデラ国立博物館”
- Japanese: “マンデラハウス”
- Malayalam: “മണ്ടേല ഹൌസ്”
- Slovenian: “Mandelova hiša”
- Spanish: “Casa Mandela”
- Swahili: “Mandela House”
- Swahili: “Nelson Mandela National Museum”
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Highlights include Orlando West Seventh Day Adventist Church and Soweto TV.
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