Eldorado Park, Gauteng
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Place in Gauteng, South Africa
Eldorado Park | |
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Coordinates: 26°17′20″S 27°53′46″E / 26.289°S 27.896°E / -26.289; 27.896 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Soweto |
Established | 1965 |
Area | |
• Total | 9.12 km2 (3.52 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 65,698 |
• Density | 7,200/km2 (19,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 12.37% |
• Coloured | 85.06% |
• Indian/Asian | 1.13% |
• White | 0.18% |
• Other | 1.26% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 56.9% |
• English | 35.7% |
• Zulu | 1.6% |
• Northern Sotho | 1.6% |
• Setswana | 1.3% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 1811 |
PO box | 1813 |
Eldorado Park is a suburb of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region G of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. It lies on the southern boundary of Soweto and prior to 1994, was a Coloured township during Apartheid.
History
[edit]In 1965, the land was declared an area for the exclusive settlement of the Coloured South Africans under the Group Areas Act.[2]: 111 It became part of Johannesburg in 1970.[2]: 111 On 26 August 2020, local resident Nathaniel Julies was fatally shot by members of the South African Police Service.
Notable people
[edit]- Liesl Laurie - Miss South Africa 2015
- Liesl Penniken - singer, most famously as a member of Jamali (band)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Eldorado Park". Census 2011.
- ^ a b Musiker, Naomi; Musiker, Reuben (2000). A Concise Historical Dictionary of Greater Johannesburg. Cape Town: Francolin. ISBN 1868590712.