The City Of Johannesburg

World Travel Diary — By NikhilBhide on September 9, 2010 at 00:14

Johannesburg or jo’burg or eGoli is the largest city in South Africa. It’s one of the 40 largest metropolis cities in the world. It the provincial capital of Gauteng, the most wealthy province in South Africa and it has the largest economy than any other metropolitan city in the region. The most notable thing about it is that it’s the world’s largest city not situated within a river, lake or coastline. It also houses the country’s highest constitutional court.

Johannesburg is famous for large scale production of gold and diamonds due to its close proximity on the mineral rich Witwatersrand are that’s chatacterized by a series of hills. Being such a big city the population stands at 3.9 million as of 2007 Community Survey. The city is home to Soweto the largest slum settlement in Africa. Soweto settlements became part of the city in 1990s and produced the most rebellion during the apartheid system. The settlements are populated by many of those who worked in the gold mining industry during the apartheid era.

Johannesburg is very beautiful and includes some of the most splendid architectural buildings in Africa. It the hub of South Africa’s commercial, financial and mining sectors. Some of the skyscrapers built here are the tallest in Africa like Sentech Tower, First National Bank, Calton Centre and Hilbrow Tower. Some the towers house big industrial players like Standard Bank, IBM, Willis Group and others. The city has beautiful gardens and parks. There is a famous recreational park known as Johannes Botanical Garden.

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