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Johannesburg (/ dʒ oʊ ˈ h æ n ɪ s b ɜːr ɡ / joh-HAN-iss-burg, US also /-ˈ h ɑː n-/- HAHN-, Afrikaans: [jʊəˈɦanəsbœrχ]; Zulu and Xhosa: eGoli [ɛˈɡɔːli]) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa with 4,803,262 people, and is classified as a megacity; it is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world.
Johannesburg is a large city in Gauteng Province of South Africa. It was established as a small village controlled by a Health Committee in 1886 with the discovery of an outcrop of a gold reef on the farm Langlaagte. The population of the city grew rapidly, becoming a municipality in 1898. In 1928 it became a city making Johannesburg the ...
22.3%. Time zone. UTC+2 ( SAST) Postal code (street) 2198. Houghton Estate, often simply called Houghton, is an affluent suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, north-east of the city centre. It is best known for being the home of Nelson Mandela .
100–300 /km². 300–1000 /km². 1000–3000 /km². >3000 /km². The distribution of white South Africans is fairly evenly spread. According to the 2022 South African census, they comprise 7.7% of the total population and number 4,639,268. They are found in large numbers in practically every province in South Africa but always as a minority.
The suburbs of Johannesburg are officially [citation needed] demarcated areas within the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa. As in other Commonwealth countries, the term suburb refers to a "neighbourhood", although in South Africa most (but not all) "suburbs" have legally recognised borders (see legal definition of ...
2014. Alexandra, informally abbreviated to Alex, [2] is a township in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It forms part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and is located next to the wealthy suburb of Sandton. Alexandra is bounded by Wynberg on the west, Marlboro and Kelvin on the north, Kew, Lombardy West and Lombardy East ...
Hillbrow. / 26.18889°S 28.04889°E / -26.18889; 28.04889. Hillbrow Tower (right) with Ponte Apartment building and the skyline of Hillbrow. Hillbrow ( ⫽ ˈhɪlbroʊ ⫽) is an inner city residential neighbourhood of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is known for its high levels of population density, unemployment ...
South Africa president Cyril Ramaphosa has said that the Johannesburg blaze that killed 74 people is “a wake up call” to address an inner-city housing crisis. “This is a great tragedy felt ...