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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.
History of Johannesburg. 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.
1920 – Parktown Boys' High School was founded. 1921 – Helpmekaar Kollege was founded. 1922. University of the Witwatersrand incorporated. January–March: Miner's strike. [10] 1923 – Parktown High School for Girls was founded. 1925 – Technikon Witwatersrand established. 1927 – Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra founded.
Gauteng is the wealthiest province in South Africa and is considered the financial hub of South Africa; the financial activity is mostly concentrated in Johannesburg. It also contains the administrative capital, Pretoria, and other large areas such as Midrand, Vanderbijlpark, Ekurhuleni and the affluent Sandton.
Architecture of Johannesburg. Panorama of the central business district of Johannesburg, South Africa. Johannesburg is the capital of the Gauteng province and the financial hub of South Africa. Founded in 1886, the city is located in the Witwatersrand region, which has vast gold deposits. The town experienced rapid growth as the gold deposits ...
Magyar; Македонски ... Pages in category "Johannesburg" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes
Magyar; Македонски ... Pages in category "People from Johannesburg" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 217 total.
The Hungarian Wikipedia ( Hungarian: Magyar Wikipédia) is the Hungarian/Magyar version of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Started on 8 July 2003 by Péter Gervai, this version reached the 300,000-article milestone in May 2015. [1] The 500,000th article was born on 16 February 2022. [2] As of 4 August 2024, this edition has 544,477 articles ...