Nasrec


Nasrec is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
The name "Nasrec" is an abbreviation for "National Agricultural, Sports and Recreation Events Centre", a 270h multi use exhibition site in former mining region Crown Mines and home of the Rand Show an agricultural, industrial and commercial exhibition held annually". Nasrec is the last station on its branch line of the Johannesburg Metro railway line and is home to the Johannesburg Soccer City and Johannesburg Expo Centre.

South African lexicon

Within the South African lexicon the name of the suburb has become synonymous with the Expo Centre. The 54th National Conference of the African National Congress is also referred to by the name of the suburb as the conference was held at the Expo Centre.