Region 6 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, South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

. It was situated towards the south west of the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area

Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area

The Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area is the name of the area surrounding the city of Johannesburg, in South Africa. It includes Johannesburg and the areas of the East Rand and West Rand. It is often referred to as the Witwatersrand, or Rand, after a low mountain range that runs through the...

. It abutted the city's Mining Belt in the north or the southern boundary of Region 5

Region 5 (Johannesburg)

Region 5 was an administrative district in the city of Johannesburg, from 2000 to 2006, covering the greater Roodepoort, Randburg, Olivedale and Northriding areas on the western flank of the City of Johannesburg. Its long western boundary forming most of the unicity's western boundary...

 (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...

) and from there stretched south to meet Region 11

Region 11 (Johannesburg)

Region 11 was an administrative district in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, from 2000 to 2006. On a map, Region 11 appeared to hang down from the borders of the two Soweto regions and Johannesburg South. It was about 40 km south of the Inner City...

 (Ennerdale

Ennerdale, Gauteng

Ennerdale is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Ennerdale was declared as a coloured group area in the Apartheid regime. Even though apartheid ended in 1994, Ennerdale still remains a largely coloured community....

 and Orange Farm

Orange Farm, Gauteng

Orange Farm is a township located approximately 45 km from Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is the largest informal settlement in South Africa, with most estimates giving a population of 1 million people. Additionally, it is one of the youngest, with the original inhabitants;...

). Its western boundary, which projected further west than any other region, formed the periphery of its area 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...

. On the east, Region 6 shared its boundary with the other Soweto

Soweto

Soweto is a lower-class-populated urban area of the city of Johannesburg in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation for South Western Townships...

 region, Region 10

Region 10 (Johannesburg)

Region 10 was an administrative district from 2000 to 2006 in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. It included most of Soweto. Soweto is a composite name, standing for South-Western Townships. So even this eastern region of it lay not to the south of central Johannesburg, but south of Florida...

. The region was abolished with a reorganistion of regions in 2006.