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This is a list of cities and towns in Free State Province, South Africa. In the case of settlements that have had their official names changed the traditional name is listed first followed by the new name.
The southern suburbs, located in Regions 9, 10, and 11, extend to the south of the inner city, and are somewhat isolated from the rest of Johannesburg. On a map, the southern suburbs appear to hang down from the border of Soweto and Johannesburg South. It is about 40 kilometres south of the inner city.
Bassonia, Glenvista, and Mulbarton (south of Glenvista) are three of the most affluent suburbs of southern Johannesburg. [4] In stark contrast to Johannesburg's Region F downtown (88.6% black according to the 2011 census) and the older southern suburbs Turffontein [82.4%], Kenilworth [78.5%] and Rosettenville [77.2%]) which have become predominantly black, Johannesburg's far southern suburbs ...
At its widest, the suburb covers 1.7 km from northwest to southeast, but only 600 m from northeast to southwest. It borders Delarey (formerly Roodepoort) on the northwest, while all the others were once suburbs of Johannesburg: Newlands and Montclare (named after Claremont) on the north, Newclare on the east, Bosmont on the southeast, and Industria North to the southwest.
Melrose includes several suburbs of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality . Melrose is a developing up-market suburb.
It is a small suburb found on the eastern edge of the Johannesburg CBD, with the suburbs of New Doornfontein, Bertrams and Lorentzville to the north, Fairview to the south and Kensington to its east. The main road through the suburb is Albertina Sisulu Road, which connects the CBD to Johannesburg's eastern suburbs and towns of the East Rand.
Parktown is a wealthy suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is the first suburb north of the inner city (both chronologically and geographically).It is affectionately known as one of the Parks, others including Parkview, Parkwood, Westcliff, Parktown North, Parkhurst and Forest Town.
As with many suburbs in the North-East of Johannesburg, [6] [7] Houghton has historically been known for being a Jewish area, and is home to Great Park Synagogue.Great Park was consecrated in Houghton in 2000 after its congregation closed its historic synagogue in Hillbrow in 1994, as the area declined and Jewish congregants moved towards the northern suburbs.