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	Johannesburg.com.:.Welcome
		Johannesburg is the most populous city in South Africa and the third most populous city in Africa, behind Cairo and Lagos.
		Johannesburg is famous for Soweto which is an acronym for the large number of townships that the apartheid government established south-west of the city to accommodate the large number of people who went there to seek employment.
		Johannesburg International Airport, the largest and busiest airport in Africa and a gateway for international air travel to and from the rest of southern Africa also serve Johannesburg.
	www.johannesburg.com (313 words)

	Johannesburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Johannesburg is also served by Johannesburg International Airport, the largest and busiest airport in Africa and a gateway for international air travel to and from the rest of southern Africa.
		Johannesburg is served by a bus fleet operated by Metrobus, a corporate unit of the City of Johannesburg.
		Johannesburg is served by the public universities University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Johannesburg.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Johannesburg (3953 words)

	Johannesburg, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Johannesburg is a census-designated place located in Kern County, California, in a mining district of the Rand Mountains.
		Johannesburg is divided from the neighboring community of Randsburg by a ridge.
		Containing the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, this region is in the Witwatersrand Mountains, and is frequently referred to as "the Rand."
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Johannesburg,_California (574 words)

	Johannesburg - Wikipedia
		Johannesburg selbst ist kein klassisches Touristenziel, aber die Stadt dient als Drehscheibe für Anschlussflüge nach Kapstadt, Durban, den Pilanesberg National Park und den Krüger-Nationalpark.
		Allerdings fehlt es in Johannesburg, wie in den meisten afrikanischen Großstädten, bis heute an einem umfangreichen und zuverlässigen öffentlichen Personennahverkehr.
		Johannesburgs Busverkehr wird von Metrobus [2] ausgeführt, einem Unternehmen der Stadt Johannesburg.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Johannesburg (3179 words)

	Johannesburg at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Johannesburg currently holds the record for the tallest building in Africa, the Carlton Centre, which is 222 metres tall, half the height of the Sears Tower in Chicago.
		Johannesburg is located on the Continental Divide of Africa – a drop of rain falling on the crest of Pretoria Avenue in Hillbrow will find itself either flowing east to the Indian Ocean or west to the Atlantic Ocean.
		Johannesburg was founded after the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, and grew within a decade to a city of more than 100,000 inhabitants.
	www.wiki.tatet.com /Johannesburg.html (886 words)

	Johannesburg, South Africa - City Guide
		Johannesburg or Jo'burg, as the locals call the city of the gold, is the biggest metropolis in South Africa.
		Johannesburg is the centre of the Gauteng Province, a densely populated Mega-Metropolis with numerous satellite towns as well as the South African capital of Pretoria.
		Only a few of the initial mining oprations in Johannesburg are still active in the city area, but the former mines and the mine dumps had a lasting impact on the appearance of the urban landscape and the industrial structure.
	www.southafrica-travel.net /north/a1johb02.htm (400 words)

	Johannesburg - California Ghost Town
		Today, the most striking evidence that Johannesburg was a prosperous turn-of-the-century mining town is the headframe of the King Solomon Mine (discovered in 1896) and the nearby town cemetery.
		Johannesburg was a highly civilized family community, with streets planned out in an orderly arrangement, a working water system that extended to residences, a social organization whose clubhouse included a billiard table and piano...the town even boasted a nine-hole golf course.
		Among the town¹s buildings were boardinghouses, banks, churches, a post office, a music hall and two saloons--all occupied by a community of men, women and children who had little to do with the gambling, dance hall girls, and general rowdy living that¹s often associated with this era.
	www.ghosttowns.com /states/ca/johannesburg.html (244 words)

	Johannesburg - Wikitravel
		Johannesburg [1] (in spoken language also referred to as Jo'burg, Egoli or Jozi) is South Africa's largest city.
		The traveller should not avoid Johannesburg because of its crime, since it is possible to have a safe and enjoyable stay if precautions are taken.
		Johannesburg International Airport (JIA) is the major airport of South Africa and has flights to many destinations on all continents.
	wikitravel.org /en/Johannesburg (1265 words)

	City Profiles: Johannesburg (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Johannesburg has historically been characterized by socio-economic and political cleavages between the races, resulting in segregation and limited opportunities for the Black population.
		Johannesburg is the largest mining and industrial centre on the African continent and serves as the commercial hub of South Africa.
		By 1981, Johannesburg was experiencing negative per capita growth rates due to a sharp drop in the price of gold.
	www0.un.org /cyberschoolbus/habitat/profiles/johan.asp (449 words)

	Johannesburg
		Johannesburg unlike other cities was not founded near water but came from the financial waters left behind - gold.
		Johannesburg unlike most other major cities, was not founded near water.
		Johannesburg has a host of parks, gardens and reserves - from Bokkie Park giving children the opportunity to experience farm life to the Botanical Gardens home to some of the finest plant collections in the world.
	www.places.co.za /html/johannesburg.html (414 words)

	Johannesburg, Johannesburg Travel, Johannesburg Tourism, Holiday in Johannesburg, Johannesburg Vacations, Johannesburg ...
		Johannesburg lies on the southern slopes of the Witwatersrand, in the Transvaal, which is the northeastern region of South Africa.
		Since then the history of Johannesburg is one of booming mining trade troubled here and there by some major protests by the mineworkers who were dissatisfied with their poor living and working environments.
		Despite all - this Johannesburg, the largest in the country and one of the largest on the continent, is the major industrial and financial centre of South Africa.
	www.travelershub.com /destination_guide/africa/jhonnesburg.html (2062 words)

	Johannesburg Skyscrapers, Architecture, Buildings, Real Estate, and Construction News
		Johannesburg is the largest city in the world not built on or near a major water source, and this is testament to the magnetic draw of the millions of immigrants that have since come to this city of gold.
		The majority of the skyscrapers in central Johannesburg date from the boom of the 70s and 80s when the city took on a mini Manhattan feel, and the only major new high rise projects that have been implemented in Johannesburg are those in the surrounding areas, such as Sandton, Midrand and Bedfordview.
		Johannesburg is also one of the least expensive cities in the world and has only recently been overtaken by Ascuncion, Paraguay as the cheapest city in the world to live in.
	www.emporis.com /en/wm/ci/?id=100138 (405 words)

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		Johannesburg generates 16% of South Africa's GDP and employs 12% of the national workforce.
		The school holidays for government schools in Johannesburg during 2004 are 25 June to 19th July; 22 September to 4th October; and 3 December to the second week in January.
		Johannesburg is a bit of a mouthful, which is why South Africans invariably call the city "Joburg".
	www.joburg.org.za /travel/travel_overview.stm (1731 words)

	Johannesburg Conquered the World in Championship Campaign - bloodhorse.com
		Johannesburg proved to be a citizen of the world in 2001.
		Johannesburg was bred in Kentucky by W.G. Lyster III and Jayeff B Stables.
		Johannesburg is the second foal out of Myth, an Ogygian mare who won once from 16 lifetime starts.
	news.bloodhorse.com /viewstory.asp?id=8149 (616 words)

	Johannesburg, South Africa
		Visit the Gold Reef City, just south of central Johannesburg, which was, until the 1970s, one of the hundreds of working mine shafts along the massive east-west arc of gold-bearing rock.
		The Johannesburg Fort ' a prison for a good part of the late 1900s ' was surrendered to the English during the Anglo Boer War.
		Johannesburg today reflects the new South African order, and a society of which the people are justly proud.
	worldfacts.us /South-Africa-Johannesburg.htm (1391 words)

	Johannesburg Accommodation & Hotels
		Johannesburg's economical backbone still is the gold and diamond industry.
		Johannesburg Direct does not take commissions on any bookings thereby saving you between 15% and 50% on accommodation expenses.
		We make it easy and affordable to organise your vacation in Johannesburg - directories of hotels, villas, self catering accommodation, car hire, tours, golf courses, wedding venues, conference facilities and film locations are all accessible.
	www.johannesburg-direct.com (419 words)

	Johannesburg Paper @ ArtOfTexas.com (Art of Texas) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Boers lost the war and control of the area was ceded to the British.
		It is this system that created the sprawling shantytown of Soweto (South Western Townships), one of the areas where fls were forced to live during the apartheid era.
		Temperatures in Johannesburg are usually fairly mild, with the average maximum daytime temperature in summer of around 27°C, dropping to an average maximum of around 20°C in winter.
	www.artoftexas.com /encyclopedia/Johannesburg (2939 words)

	Routes Travel Info Portal: Johannesburg
		Johannesburg is named after Johann Rissik and Christiaan Johannes Joubert, the first commissioners of the old town during the gold rush.
		Johannesburg and the other cities in the metropole offer all the attractions of any major city in the world.
		Johannesburg became a city in 1928 and by 1960 it had more than a million inhabitants.
	www.routes.co.za /gp/johannesburg (369 words)

	Johannesburg - National Parks International Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		I regularly travel to Johannesburg on business, and like most other reviewers find it to be a grim, paranoid, dangerous place, with its downtrodden, ghettoised fl population and its fearful, mostly racist, boorish white population.
		Johannesburg is the industrial and financial heart of the new South Africa and also the crime capitol to.
		Johannesburg (JHB) is known as Jo'burg by the locals or more recently, Egoli (meaning the City of Gold).
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /national-parks-international/johannesburg (268 words)

	Cheap Flights to Johannesburg
		Johannesburg lies in the centre of South Africa close to the capital city Pretoria.
		The best time to visit Johannesburg is during the northern hemisphere winter when the weather is at its best, and most of the main Johannesburg events take place.
		If you want to leave Johannesburg for the day, Kruger National Park is a great day out, and with all the Wildlife on offer, it is ideal for the whole family to enjoy.
	www.flight-seeker.co.uk /flights-to/johannesburg.html (423 words)

	Johannesburg, Pretoria and Gauteng, South Africa - The Comprehensive Travel Guide
		Situated some 50 km north of Johannesburg, Pretoria is renowned for its colourful gardens, shrubs and trees, particularly beautiful in spring when jacarandas envelop the avenues in mauve.
		In quiet, leafy suburbs, baronial mansions in manicured gardens lined with limousines testify to the fact that Johannesburg, at the top of the super-tax bracket, is a very affluent society.
		Johannesburg and Pretoria differ in temperature by about 2% (Pretoria being the warmer of the two).
	www.sa-venues.com /gauteng.htm (719 words)

	Johannesburg, South Africa (TLIG: Mission: Reports of Vassula's Meetings: 2000 Reports \| 5.2.6.6) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Our bishop in the diocese of Johannesburg, Bishop Reginald Orsmond, was immediately advised by me of the visit and a dossier given to him explaining Vassula's mission, in addition to a full answer by Cardinal Ratzinger.
		The 5000 seater Standard Bank Arena in Doornfontein, (2 kilometers from the Cathedral) was chosen by the committee as the venue for the Presentation on Saturday, 22nd July, 2000.
		The statue is clearly visible to motorists passing on the busy highway passing between Johannesburg and Pretoria and is a well-known landmark in the area.
	www.tlig.org /safrica.html (1446 words)

	Division for Sustainable Development- WSSD Political Declaration
		At the Johannesburg Summit, we have achieved much in bringing together a rich tapestry of peoples and views in a constructive search for a common path towards a world that respects and implements the vision of sustainable development.
		The Johannesburg Summit has also confirmed that significant progress has been made towards achieving a global consensus and partnership among all the people of our planet.
		We welcome the focus of the Johannesburg Summit on the indivisibility of human dignity and are resolved, through decisions on targets, timetables and partnerships, to speedily increase access to such basic requirements as clean water, sanitation, adequate shelter, energy, health care, food security and the protection of biodiversity.
	www.un.org /esa/sustdev/documents/WSSD_POI_PD/English/POI_PD.htm (1506 words)

	Johannesburg city guide, South Africa - Time Out Travel
		Johannesburg is the financial, economic and cultural giant of South Africa - and by implication the entire African continent.
		To put things in perspective, Jo'burg (or Jozi as often called) is the capital of Gauteng, South Africa's smallest province.
		As such, Jo'burg's essence is defined by the pursuit of cold, hard cash - whether it's a hawker hustling a soft drink for a few rands or an...
	www.timeout.com /travel/johannesburg (208 words)

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