Eldorado Park, Gauteng

Eldorado Park
Eldorado Park
 Eldorado Park shown within Gauteng
Location within Greater Johannesburg
Eldorado Park
Eldorado Park
Eldorado Park (South Africa)
Eldorado Park
Eldorado Park (Africa)
Coordinates: 26°17′20″S 27°53′46″E / 26.289°S 27.896°E / -26.289; 27.896Coordinates: 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 Johannesburg
Established 1965
Area[1]
 • 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)[1]
 • Black African 12.37%
 • Coloured 85.06%
 • Indian/Asian 1.13%
 • White 0.18%
 • Other 1.26%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • 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 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

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Eldorado Park". Census 2011.
  2. 1 2 Musiker, Naomi; Musiker, Reuben (2000). A Concise Historical Dictionary of Greater Johannesburg. Cape Town: Francolin. ISBN 1868590712.
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