Village Deep, Johannesburg

Village Deep
Village Deep is located in Gauteng
Village Deep
Village Deep
Village Deep's location in Gauteng
Coordinates: 26°13′25″S 28°02′45″E / 26.22361°S 28.04583°E / -26.22361; 28.04583
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceGauteng
CityJohannesburg
Area
 • Total0.25 km2 (0.1 sq mi)

Village Deep is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, around 1.3 km south of City Hall. It is an industrial suburb one kilometer from north to south and less than 300 meters from east to west. To the west is the Genesis Landfill Facility, to the south is the railway and Stafford, to the east is Eloff Street, to the southeast is Robinson Deep, to the northeast is Selby, and to the north is New Centre. Village Deep was founded on February 14, 1934, on Turffontein and Booysen Estate farms. The name, which was originally The Village, comes from the nearby Village Deep Levels gold mine.