Johannesburg (zaf)

Johannesburg

Johannesburg ranks 141st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Saitama (city), Osaka, and Portland, Oregon. Memorable people born in Johannesburg include F. W. de Klerk, Miriam Makeba, and Allan MacLeod Cormack. Memorable people who died in Johannesburg include Nelson Mandela, Reza Shah, and Nadine Gordimer. Johannesburg has been the birth place of many actors and soccer players and the death place of many politicians and racing drivers. Johannesburg is located in South Africa.

Johannesburg is the most populous city in South Africa with 4,803,262 people, and is classified as a megacity; it is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. It is the provincial capital and largest city of Gauteng, which is the wealthiest province in South Africa. Johannesburg is the seat of the Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa. Most of the major South African companies and banks have their head offices in Johannesburg. The city is located within the mineral-rich Witwatersrand hills, the epicentre of the international-scale mineral, gold and (specifically) diamond trade. Read more on Wikipedia