Region 5 was an administrative district in the city of Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

, from 2000 to 2006, covering the greater Roodepoort

Roodepoort, Gauteng

Roodepoort is an area in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Johannesburg's most famous botanical garden, Witwatersrand National Botanical Gardens , is located in Roodepoort...

, Randburg

Randburg, Gauteng

Randburg is an area located in northern Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Formerly a separate municipality, its administration devolved to the newly created City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, along with neighbouring Sandton and Roodepoort, in the late 1990s.The resident demographic...

, Olivedale

Olivedale, Gauteng

Olivedale is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region 3 and Region 5....

 and Northriding areas on the western flank of the City of Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

. Its long western boundary forming most of the unicity's western boundary. To the north (Region 1

Region 1 (Johannesburg)

Region 1 was an administrative district in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, from 2000 to 2006. It is known as the Diepsloot region. It bordered Region 2 , Region 3 , and Region 5 . The region was abolished with a reorganistion of regions in 2006.Region 1 was over 82 km² and is...

) and east (Regions 2

Region 2 (Johannesburg)

Region 2 was an administrative district in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, from 2000 to 2006. It is known as the Midrand region. It bordered Region 3 , Region 7 , and Region 1...

, 3

Region 3 (Johannesburg)

Region 3 was an administrative district in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, from 2000 to 2006, and was also known as the Sandton region, as it included the formerly independent municipality of Sandton, and many of the northern suburbs of the former Johannesburg municipality...

, and 4

Region 4 (Johannesburg)

Region 4 was an administrative region of the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, from 2000 to 2006, situated almost exactly in the middle of the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area. It contained the north-western suburbs of Johannesburg as well as western Randburg to the north and Florida to the...

) it shared boundaries with largely prosperous residential areas. To the south, it met the northern boundary of Region 6

Region 6 (Johannesburg)

Region 6 was an administrative district in the city of Johannesburg, from 2000 to 2006, South Africa. It was situated towards the south west of the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area. It abutted the city's Mining Belt in the north or the southern boundary of Region 5 and from there stretched...

, Doornkop/Soweto. The region was abolished with a reorganistion of regions in 2006.