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Johannesburg

South Africa

Watercolour of Johannesburg, South Africa. On the Highveld plateau, the "City of Gold" centered around the iconic Nelson Mandela Bridge, Constitution Hill, and the world's largest man-made urban forest, with Nelson Mandela Bridge and Constitution Hill.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Nelson Mandela Bridge; Constitution Hill; the legendary, breathtaking urban forest canopy; Carlton Centre; Zoo Lake and Emmarentia Dam; lush Highveld plateau flora
Viewpoint
The Nelson Mandela Bridge with Braamfontein, or the panoramic view from Munro Drive overlooking the urban forest canopy toward the downtown skyline, should occupy most of the image while leaving enough open sky and exposed watercolor paper to create depth.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the vast urban forest canopy covering the suburbs, Zoo Lake willows, and Highveld parklands.
Guarded against
Not Cape Town, Pretoria, or Durban
Population9,418,183Wikidata: 3,326,055
Coordinates26.20°S, 28.04°E
Elevation1,753 m
Area1,644 km²
Time zoneAfrica/JohannesburgUTC+2
Solar noon12:08clock runs 0.1 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Johannesburg and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Hana, United States — 731 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

SowetoZA20 km
PretoriaZA53 km
GaboroneBW275 km
MbabaneSZ308 km
LobambaSZ316 km
MaseruLS351 km
BloemfonteinZA371 km
MatolaMZ442 km

Twinned cities

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