约翰内斯堡
Also known as Jo'burg, eGoli, Jozi, Johannesburg, Gauteng, Johannesburg, South Africa, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, ZAJNB, joburg
南非的最大城市、豪登省首府
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Johannesburg is South Africa's largest city and a major global urban center, known as "The City of Gold" due to its location on mineral-rich hills and its historical importance to the country's wealth. As the capital of South Africa's wealthiest province and home to the Constitutional Court, it plays a central role in the country's economy, politics, and governance.
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Place details
- Locality
- Johannesburg
- Region
- Gauteng
- Country
- South Africa
- Population
- 9,418,183
Travel guide
Understand
Johannesburg has a population of about 5.6 million people in the urban area (2023), half of whom live in Soweto and adjacent suburbs. Three quarters of the population is formed by South Africa's black residents who mostly live in Soweto, while white residents amount to about 12% (2019). The remaining 11% are of other descent, including Africa's largest ethnic Chinese community. The city is home to two Chinatowns; the original one on Commissioner Street has shrunk dramatically since its heyday, but still has a few shops and business run by the small community of South African Chinese, while a newer and larger Chinatown in the suburb of Cyrildene is largely populated by immigrants and expatriates from China. Unlike other South African cities, no language group dominates, although English is the established lingua franca.
The city is the economic hub of South Africa, and to some extent, the rest of Africa. Yet the city's wealth is unequally distributed among its inhabitants, causing the city to have living conditions varying from first world to third world conditions. The contrast between rich and poor has led to one of the highest crime rates in the world. The more affluent tend to live in houses with high security by western standards, whilst the less affluent live in less desirable housing conditions. That said, crime rarely deters from daily life, especially for visitors who have little reason to visit the city's rough areas. Many South Africans choose to live here over oth…
Get around
Johannesburg was a city built for the car and so public transport is in the development process. The Gautrain (a speed train not part of the metro system) is a good, clean and safe way to jump fast between the airport, Malboro, Midrand, Rosebank, Pretoria and Centurion. There are buses and minicabs on the streets, but there tends to be no designated stops, so buses may be flagged down on main roads such as Oxford street and Jan Smuts. They can be unsafe, but larger double decker metro bus are easy to use all along Oxford, starting in Gandhi Square, going through Killarney, Rosebank, Illovo, Sandton, Rivonia and Sunninghill (bus no. 5C and 5D). Generally, it is a bad idea to make use of minibus taxis unless accompanied by locals. The other bus alternatives, are orange putco buses, coming more regularly than the metro buses and it's slightly more expensive. Lastly there are the Gautrain feeder buses connected to the Gautrain, these have quite extensive routes from each station - these can be found easily on the gautrain website or mobi site. The problem is that buses are quite problematic on weekends and public holidays, Gautrain buses do not run, Metro buses have two route runs, and putco buses are at a complete halt. This is when the train would be a good alternative, or rent a car.
Article · 中文
約翰尼斯堡（南非語：Johannesburg [jʊəˈɦanəsbœrχ]，英語：Johannesburg /dʒoʊˈhænɪsbɜːrɡ/ joh-HAN-iss-burg；科薩語：eGoli，祖魯語：eGoli），简称約堡（英語：Jo'burg），是南非最大的城市與經濟、文化中心，同時亦為世界上最大的50個城市之一。約翰尼斯堡為豪登省首府及最大城市，也是該省最富裕的地區。雖然約翰內斯堡不是南非三個首都城市之一，但它是憲法法院的所在地。這城市位於富含礦物的維瓦特斯蘭山脈中，是世界上最大規模黃金和鑽石貿易的中心。 這座大都市是列出的全球城市之一。2011年，約翰內斯堡市的人口為4,434,827，成為南非人口最多的城市。同年，人口為7,860,781。但都會區的面積達1,645平方公里（635平方英里），較其他主要城市大，所以人口密度為較適中的2,364/平方公里（6,120平方英里）。 這城市成立於1886年，當時在農場發現了黃金。由於威特沃特斯蘭德發現了極大規模的金礦，這座城市通常被形容為現代的“黃金國”。該名稱源於參與建立城市的三名男子中的一人或全部。在十年來，人口增長達到10萬。 從20世紀70年代末到1994年，索韋托是一個獨立的城市，現在則為約翰內斯堡的一部分。索韋托最初是“South-Western Townships”的首字母縮寫，其起源於約翰內斯堡郊區的一系列定居點，主要由來自黃金採礦業的非洲本地工人居住。索韋托雖然最終被併入約翰內斯堡，但已經被分開作為黑人的住宅區，他們不被允許居住在約翰內斯堡。主要由講英語的印度裔南非人居住。根據南非白人政府的種族隔離政策，這些地區被指定為非白人地區。
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