ALEXANDRA

Gauteng · SOUTH AFRICA (ZA) · 26.11°S / 28.10°E

ADM1 · ID GeoNames 1,023,374

Alexandra is a city in South Africa with a population of 179,624. It sits at -26.11/28.10, runs on Africa/Johannesburg, is 6 km from Eastleigh.

Population 179,624

Place Type Section of City

Elevation n/a

Timezone Africa/Johannesburg

All facts

fields

Country: South Africa
Subdivision: Gauteng
Coords: 26.11°S / 28.10°E
UTC offset: +2
DST: Observed

Proximity

nearest 10 · within 50 km

SE Eastleigh Gauteng 6,988 6.3 km

SE Edenvale Gauteng 49,292 6.7 km

E Modderfontein Gauteng 3,000 6.9 km

E Eden Glen Ext 60 Gauteng 5,494 7.0 km

SE Eden Glen Gauteng 7,345 7.6 km

W Randburg Gauteng 337,053 9.8 km

SW Johannesburg Gauteng 9,418,183 12.1 km

N Midrand Gauteng 87,387 14.5 km

NE Ivory Park Gauteng 184,383 15.6 km

SE Germiston Gauteng 255,863 16.3 km

Air access

nearby

GCJ

Grand Central Airport

Medium airport

13.8 km

JNB

O.R. Tambo International Airport

Large airport

15.3 km

QRA

Rand Airport

Medium airport

16.1 km

FABB

Brakpan Airport

Small airport

25.1 km

HLA

Lanseria International Airport

Large airport

25.2 km

FAQ

10 questions

What is the population of Alexandra?: 179,624 people, per GeoNames.
Which timezone is Alexandra in?: Africa/Johannesburg.
Which country is Alexandra in?: South Africa (ZA).
Which airport serves Alexandra?: Grand Central Airport (GCJ).
How far is Alexandra from Pretoria?: About 41 km.
Does Alexandra have a university?: Not on record.
What languages are spoken in South Africa?: English.
What currency is used in South Africa?: Rand.
How many cities are in South Africa?: 985 on record.
Which admin region is Alexandra in?: Gauteng.

Get this page as JSON

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$ curl https://api.cityapi.org/v1/cities/1023374

{
  "data": {
    "id": 1023374,
    "name": "Alexandra",
    "ascii_name": "Alexandra",
    "country_code": "ZA",
    "population": 179624,
    "elevation": null,
    "timezone_id": "Africa/Johannesburg",
    "feature_class": "P",
    "feature_code": "PPLX",
    "latitude": -26.10528,
    "longitude": 28.09884
  }
}

Context

comparatives

25.7x the population of Eastleigh.
6 km from Eastleigh.
Same timezone (Africa/Johannesburg) as 984 other cities in South Africa.