Where was District 9 filmed?
2009 film directed by Neill Blomkamp
District 9 (2009) was filmed in Carlton Centre, Ponte City Apartments and Carlton Hotel — 3 recorded filming locations in South Africa. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
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Filming locations
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Ponte City Apartments
🇿🇦 South Africa
skyscraper in South Africa
“Several scenes were shot at the Ponte building.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Carlton Hotel
🇿🇦 South Africa
building in South Africa
“Scenes from the 2009 science fiction film District 9 were also shot at the hotel and around Carlton Centre, which served as the headquarters of the evil MNU organization in the film.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Carlton Centre
🇿🇦 South Africa
skyscraper in Johannesburg, South Africa
Also per Wikipedia's Filming section
Wikipedia’s Filming section names 3 more places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🏙 Towns & cities
Soweto
🇿🇦 South Africa
township of South Africa
“The film was shot on location in Chiawelo, Soweto, during a time of violent unrest in Alexandra (Gauteng) and other South African townships involving clashes between local South Africans and people born in other African countries as part of the May 2008 South Africa riots.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Chernobyl
🇺🇦 Ukraine
partially abandoned city in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
“According to director Neill Blomkamp, during the winter season, Johannesburg "actually looks like Chernobyl", a "nuclear apocalyptic wasteland".” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Alexandra
🇿🇦 South Africa
township in Gauteng, South Africa
Places whose own article says it was shot there
1 place whose own Wikipedia article names this film as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this film’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in South Africa, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Also shot in these places
More filmed in South Africa
- Doctor Who 1963–
- Avengers: Age of Ultron 2015
- Black Mirror 2011–
- The Crown 2016–2023
- Invictus 2009
- Chappie 2015
Every filming location in South Africa →
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does District 9 have?
3 places recorded on Wikidata, and 3 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across South Africa.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Chappie (2015), Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016), Tsotsi (2005) and Wolf Warrior 2 (2017), each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.