Where is Johannesburg located?

The location of Johannesburg is at 26 degrees, 12 minutes and 16 seconds south latitude and 28 degrees, 2 minutes and 44 seconds east longitude. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, which is in the highlands of South Africa called the Highveld. It is also the site of the country's supreme court, the Constitutional Court.

The city of Johannesburg, also referred to as "Jozi" or "Jo'burg," is 5,740 feet above sea level. Pretoria, the capital of South Africa and Johannesburg's nearest neighboring city, is approximately 36 miles to the north, while Cape Town is around 870 miles to the southwest.