BRAKPAN

Gauteng · SOUTH AFRICA (ZA) · 26.24°S / 28.37°E

ADM1 · ID GeoNames 1,016,181

Brakpan is a city in South Africa with a population of 305,692. It sits at -26.24/28.37, runs on Africa/Johannesburg, is 3 km from Springs.

Population 305,692

Place Type Populated Place

Elevation n/a

Timezone Africa/Johannesburg

All facts

fields

Country: South Africa
Subdivision: Gauteng
Coords: 26.24°S / 28.37°E
UTC offset: +2
DST: Observed

Proximity

nearest 10 · within 50 km

SE Springs Gauteng 186,394 3.4 km

NW Benoni Gauteng 605,344 7.2 km

E Springs Gauteng 2,996 10.5 km

W Boksburg Gauteng 445,168 11.3 km

NE Etwatwa Gauteng 151,866 15.0 km

W Germiston Gauteng 255,863 19.3 km

NW Eden Glen Gauteng 7,345 23.2 km

NW Eden Glen Ext 60 Gauteng 5,494 23.8 km

SE Nigel Gauteng 140,644 24.1 km

NW Edenvale Gauteng 49,292 24.1 km

Air access

nearby

FABB

Brakpan Airport

Small airport

0.0 km

FASI

Springs Airfield

Small airport

3.2 km

JNB

O.R. Tambo International Airport

Large airport

16.3 km

QRA

Rand Airport

Medium airport

21.8 km

FAHG

Heidelburg Airport

Small airport

30.4 km

FAQ

10 questions

What is the population of Brakpan?: 305,692 people, per GeoNames.
Which timezone is Brakpan in?: Africa/Johannesburg.
Which country is Brakpan in?: South Africa (ZA).
Which airport serves Brakpan?: Brakpan Airport (FABB).
How far is Brakpan from Pretoria?: About 58 km.
Does Brakpan 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 Brakpan in?: Gauteng.

Get this page as JSON

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$ curl https://api.cityapi.org/v1/cities/1016181

{
  "data": {
    "id": 1016181,
    "name": "Brakpan",
    "ascii_name": "Brakpan",
    "country_code": "ZA",
    "population": 305692,
    "elevation": null,
    "timezone_id": "Africa/Johannesburg",
    "feature_class": "P",
    "feature_code": "PPL",
    "latitude": -26.23656,
    "longitude": 28.36938
  }
}

Context

comparatives

1.6x the population of Springs.
3 km from Springs.
Same timezone (Africa/Johannesburg) as 984 other cities in South Africa.