Johannesburg

Johannesburg
Johannesburg
	City in South Africa
	Bahá’ís gathered at the Temple Site in Johannesburg, 1954.
	Location of Johannesburg
History:; Firsts
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Official Website	https://bahai.joburg/
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Johannesburg, informally known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold",^[1]^[2] is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity,^[3] and is one of the 50 largest urban areas in the world.^[4] It is the provincial capital and largest city of Gauteng, which is the wealthiest province in South Africa.^[5] Johannesburg is the seat of the Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa.^[6] Most of the major South African companies and banks have their head offices in Johannesburg. The city is located in the mineral-rich Witwatersrand range of hills and is the centre of large-scale gold and diamond trade. In November 2008, it was the site of one of the 41 regional conferences of the Five Year Plan.^[7]

References[edit]

↑ "Johannesburg: The City of Gold". Johannesburg: The City of Gold. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
↑ "The history of Joburg, City of Gold". SouthAfrica.net. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
↑ "Major Agglomerations of the World". CityPopulation.de. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
↑ Th. Brinkhoff (23 January 2010). "Principal Agglomerations of the World". Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
↑ "Johannesburg". Retrieved 25 May 2015.
↑ Bhana, Deeksha (2018). "The Constitutional Court as the apex court for the common law of contract: Middle ground between the approaches of the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of Appeal". South African Journal on Human Rights. 34: 8–32. doi:10.1080/02587203.2018.1432100. S2CID 149346012.
↑ "Regional Conferences of the Five Year Plan". Bahá'í World News Service. Retrieved December 24, 2020.

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[Mango-1] "Johannesburg: The City of Gold". Johannesburg: The City of Gold. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2020.

[SA.net-2] "The history of Joburg, City of Gold". SouthAfrica.net. Retrieved 17 December 2020.

[citypopulation-3] "Major Agglomerations of the World". CityPopulation.de. Retrieved September 17, 2020.

[4] Th. Brinkhoff (23 January 2010). "Principal Agglomerations of the World". Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2 July 2010.

[5] "Johannesburg". Retrieved 25 May 2015.

[6] Bhana, Deeksha (2018). "The Constitutional Court as the apex court for the common law of contract: Middle ground between the approaches of the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of Appeal". South African Journal on Human Rights. 34: 8–32. doi:10.1080/02587203.2018.1432100. S2CID 149346012.

[7] "Regional Conferences of the Five Year Plan". Bahá'í World News Service. Retrieved December 24, 2020.

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