Soweto is located in South Africa (City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng) and time zone Africa/Johannesburg.
Places nearby are Riverlea, Roodepoort and Randfontein.
Benoni is 38 km away, Pretoria is 63 km away and Pietermaritzburg is 420 km away as the crow flies.
Distances from Soweto to the most important cities in South Africa and the world.
-26.2678100°
27.8584900°
1976 student-led protests in South Africa that were violently suppressed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soweto_uprisingRivalry between two South African football teams
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soweto_derby