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By Alistair Boddy-Evans, About.com Guide to African History since 2001

Fast Facts about Johannesburg

Tuesday October 12, 2004
How good would you be at trivia questions about Johannesburg (aka Joburg or Egoli)? For example, did you know it's home to the tallest office block in Africa (the 50-storey Carlton Centre), some six milliion trees (that's almost two trees a person), 59 public swimming pools, 12 river systems, 8,149 kilometres of sewerage pipes, and 180,000 street lights? Read more Joburg trivia...

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