Diepkloof
Diepkloof | |
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Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Diepkloof | |
Diepkloof Diepkloof shown within Gauteng | |
Location within Greater Johannesburg Diepkloof | |
Coordinates: 26°14′56″S 27°56′46″E / 26.249°S 27.946°ECoordinates: 26°14′56″S 27°56′46″E / 26.249°S 27.946°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Area[1] | |
• Total | 9.46 km2 (3.65 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 95,067 |
• Density | 10,000/km2 (26,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011)[1] | |
• Black African | 99.7% |
• Coloured | 0.2% |
• White | 0.1% |
First languages (2011)[1] | |
• Zulu | 34.3% |
• Tswana | 14.6% |
• Sotho | 12.8% |
• Tsonga | 12.4% |
• Other | 25.9% |
Postal code (street) | 1862 |
PO box | 1864 |
Diepkloof is a township of Johannesburg in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is also sometimes referred to as Diepmeadow, if considered as a single township with the nearby Meadowlands. Diepkloof was established in 1959 to accommodate people being removed from Alexandra.
References
- 1 2 3 "Main Place Diepkloof". Census 2001.
- ↑ STATS SA. "Census 2011".
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