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Florida is a location in Gauteng province, South Africa. It is located about 16 kilometres west of Johannesburg . The area which is referred to as Florida was originally established as the farm Vogelstruisfontein .
The municipal functions for the area, such as municipal policing and social services, are still managed by the city government. Johannesburg, like many other boom towns, grew rapidly and with little planning, and thus the city covers an extremely large area. The main differences between the city's suburbs tend to be socioeconomic: The north is ...
City of Johannesburg: Main Place: Roodepoort: Area [1] • Total. 1.17 km 2 (0.45 sq mi) ... Florida Hills is a suburb of Johannesburg in Gauteng Province, South Africa.
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 on the ...
By Sarah Firshein Good news, movie fans: the stately, historic South Carolina house that starred in the '80s classic "The Big Chill" has hit the market for the first time in a quarter of a century.
The area also features one of the largest cemeteries in Johannesburg. Laid out in 1912, Brixton Cemetery has a historic Hindu crematorium which was organised by Mahatma Gandhi shortly before his departure from South Africa in 1914. The commanding Sentech Tower overlooks the area. Built in 1962, the tower is used for broadcasting television and ...
The Johannesburg Central Business District, commonly called Johannesburg CBD, is one of the main business centres of Johannesburg, South Africa.It is the densest collection of skyscrapers in Africa, however, due to white flight and urban blight, many of the buildings are unoccupied as tenants have left for more secure locations in the Northern Suburbs, in particular Sandton and Rosebank.
A map of Gauteng, showing the West Rand District Municipality. The West Rand [1] is the urban western part of the Witwatersrand that is functionally merged with the Johannesburg conurbation. This area became settled by Europeans after a gold-bearing reef discovered in 1886 and sparked the gold rush that gave rise to the establishment of ...