Johannesburg View of Johannesburg CBD from Braamfontein View of Johannesburg CBD from Braamfontein Flag Coat of arms
Nickname(s): Jo'burg; Jozi; Joni (Tsonga version); Egoli (Place of Gold ); Gauteng (Place of Gold ); Maboneng (City of Lights ) Motto: "Unity in development"[१] Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 502: Unable to find the specified location map definition. Neither "Module:Location map/data/South Africa" nor "Template:Location map South Africa" exists. Johannesburg location within South Africa
Coordinates: 26°12′16″S 28°2′44″E / 26.20444°S 28.04556°E / -26.20444; 28.04556 Coordinates : 26°12′16″S 28°2′44″E / 26.20444°S 28.04556°E / -26.20444; 28.04556 Country South Africa Province [[]] District [[Template:Metadata South Africa/mainplace/district District Municipality|Template:Metadata South Africa/mainplace/district ]] Municipality [[Template:Metadata South Africa/mainplace/muni Local Municipality |Template:Metadata South Africa/mainplace/muni ]] Established 1886[२] Government - Mayor Parks Tau (ANC )[३] Area [४] - City Template:Metadata South Africa/mainplace/area km2 (Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". sq mi) - Metro १,६४४.९६ km2 (६३५.१ sq mi) Elevation १,७५३ m (५,७५१ ft) Population (2001 city ; 2011 metro )[४] - City Template:Metadata South Africa/mainplace/population - Density Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". /km2 (Expression error: Unexpected < operator. /sq mi) - Metro [५] ४,४३४,८२७ - Metro density २,६९६/km2 (६,९८२.६/sq mi) Racial makeup (2001) [४] - Black African Template:Metadata South Africa/mainplace/race % - Coloured Template:Metadata South Africa/mainplace/race % - Indian /Asian Template:Metadata South Africa/mainplace/race % - White Template:Metadata South Africa/mainplace/race % First languages (2001) [४] - Template:Metadata South Africa/mainplace/langs % - Template:Metadata South Africa/mainplace/langs % - Template:Metadata South Africa/mainplace/langs % - Template:Metadata South Africa/mainplace/langs % - Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". % Time zone SAST (UTC+2 ) Area code(s) 011 Website www.joburg.org.za