Johannesburg
Gauteng's largest city
Johannesburg is South Africa's largest city, the commercial and financial center of the country.
Built on gold mining in the late 19th century, it remains the economic hub of sub-Saharan Africa.
Locals call it Joburg or Jozi.
We flew into Johannesburg and drove to Pretoria.
Extracting earth's resources
- oreMetal-bearing rock
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
- reefUnderwater rock or coral formation
- prospectorOne seeking valuable deposits
bullion · nugget · headgear · Rand · City of Gold · Anglo American · mineral wealth · extraction
Township near Johannesburg
State of varied elements
- cosmopolitanCulturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
- melting-potFusion of diverse cultures
- ZuluBantu language of Natal
- XhosaBantu language with clicks
Afrikaans · Indian · Chinatown · immigrant · township · suburb · languages · ethnicities
Urban profile against atmosphere
- CBDCannabis compound without high
- highriseMultistory urban building
- skyscrapersExtremely tall urban buildings
- trafficMovement along routes
congestion · sprawl · commute · infrastructure · highways · beltway · suburbs · metropolis
mining
Extracting earth's resources
prospector · bullion · nugget · headgear · Rand · City of Gold · Anglo American · mineral wealth · extraction
Soweto
Township near Johannesburg
diversity
State of varied elements
- cosmopolitanCulturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
- melting-potFusion of diverse cultures
- ZuluBantu language of Natal
Xhosa · Afrikaans · Indian · Chinatown · immigrant · township · suburb · languages · ethnicities · integration
skyline
Urban profile against atmosphere
- CBDCannabis compound without high
- highriseMultistory urban building
- skyscrapersExtremely tall urban buildings
traffic · congestion · sprawl · commute · infrastructure · highways · beltway · suburbs · metropolis · downtown
- South AfricaCape Town, Nelson Mandela, Pretoria, Durban, Kruger National Park
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- African PlacesCairo, Cape Town, Kilimanjaro, Kruger, Marrakech
- Boer WarBoer War, Transvaal, Orange Free State, concentration camps, scorched earth
- South African PlacesCape Town, Pretoria, Durban, Soweto, Port Elizabeth