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The City of Johannesburg, a World Class African City.

This cityscape is of our home town, Johannesburg, the most powerful commercial centre on the African Continent. Johannesburg is the Provincial capital to South Africa's smallest and richest province, Gauteng.

Johannesburg is the most densely populated and urbanised municipality in South Africa, home to 3 225 800 people in 1 006 900 households. And that population is growing swiftly: 218 600 households were added between 1996 and 2001. Some 97% of households have access to piped water (a high figure for Africa), 82% have flush toilets connected to the municipal sewerage system, and 85% have electric lightning in their homes.

This is one of the world's few large metropolitan areas to be based on neither an ocean port nor a major river. The sea is a six hour drive to the east. The nearest major river. the Vaal River, is a two hour drive to the south. Ironically, the city is ranked as the biggest port in southern Africa, thanks to an export/import railway freight facility called City Deep.

Johannesburg is, by city standards, a mere teenager. It started life in 1886 as a gold-rush shanty town, expected to last no more than a decade. But the gold proved so rich that disputes flared over who controlled Johannesburg, culminating in a war that changed military history - the Anglo-Boer war. By the nineteen twenties, the city had outpaced every rival to become Africa's major commercial centre.

Although this Waymark is Available 24/7, we do not recommend doing this Waymark at night due to the crime in the area.

Thanks to www.joburg.org.za for the information for this Waymark.