Electron, Gauteng
Place in Gauteng, South Africa
Electron | |
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Coordinates: 26°14′28″S 28°5′46″E / 26.24111°S 28.09611°E / -26.24111; 28.09611 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Johannesburg |
Established | 1949 |
Area | |
• Total | 0.38 km2 (0.15 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 38 |
• Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 100.0% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 15.8% |
• Sotho | 7.9% |
• Southern Ndebele | 5.3% |
• Tsonga | 5.3% |
• Other | 65.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2197 |
Electron is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
History
[edit]Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Elandsfontein.[2] It became a suburb on 27 July 1949.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Electron". Census 2011.
- ^ a b Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.
- ^ Standard encyclopaedia of Southern Africa / 4 Dev - For. Cape Town: Nasou. 1971. ISBN 978-0-625-00320-4.
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