Johannesburg (South Africa)
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Name (Hebrew)
יוהנסבורג (דרום אפריקה)
Name (Latin)
Johannesburg (South Africa)
Other forms of name
nnaa Johannesburg
Yohanesburg (South Africa)
Jo'burg (South Africa)
יוהניסבורג (דרום אפריקה)
Coordinates
E0280460 E0280460 S0261200 S0261200 (geonames )
028.181040 028.492129 -026.1830538 -026.2061599 (gooearth )
Associated country
South Africa
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 26°12ʹ00ʺS 028°04ʹ60ʺE)
- Joburg!, 2006-
- Shishler, H. Shmeykhl un gelekhter, 1949:t.p. (Yohanesburg, Dorem-Afrike [part. voc.]) t.p. verso (Johannesburg [in rom.])
- Journey to Jo'burg, c1985.
- City of Johannesburg official website, viewed 29 June 2004(During the apartheid era, the Johannesburg area was divided into 11 local authorities, each run as a separate entity; in 1995, Johannesburg annexed the surrounding towns (Soweto, Alexandra, Sandton, Randburg, etc.), carving the area into four regions governed by a central metropolitan council and four regional councils; this was replaced in 1999/2000 by a more centralized system with a city manager and an executive mayor, who has overall strategic and political responsibility for the city)