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

Landmarks & buildings

Ponte City Apartments

South Africa

skyscraper in South Africa

“Several scenes were shot at the Ponte building.” Wikipedia
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
Landmarks & buildings

Carlton Centre

South Africa

skyscraper in Johannesburg, South Africa

Also per Wikipedia's Filming section

Wikipedia’s Filming section names 2 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.

Towns & cities

Johannesburg

South Africa

largest city in South Africa
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

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.

Soweto South Africa

“The film District 9 (2009) was shot in Tshiawelo, Soweto.” Wikipedia

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

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Frequently asked questions

How many filming locations does District 9 have?

3 places recorded on Wikidata, and 2 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, all in South Africa.

Which other productions were filmed at the same places?

Chappie (2015), Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016), SEAL Team 8: Behind Enemy Lines (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and 6 more, 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.