Rabie Ridge
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Place in Gauteng, South Africa
Rabie Ridge | |
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Coordinates: 26°01′19″S 28°10′26″E / 26.022°S 28.174°E / -26.022; 28.174 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Established | 1994 |
Area | |
• Total | 3.33 km2 (1.29 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 41,204 |
• Density | 12,000/km2 (32,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 90.3% |
• Coloured | 8.8% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
• White | 0.1% |
• Other | 0.5% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Northern Sotho | 32.0% |
• Zulu | 16.2% |
• Tsonga | 9.7% |
• Afrikaans | 8.9% |
• Other | 33.1% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 1632 |
PO box | 1688 |
Area code | 1685 |
Rabie Ridge is a township near Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region A of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and is located east of Midrand (adjacent to Tembisa). It is a township formed due to forced removals of the coloured community from Alexandra and is named after Jack Rabie.
Rabie Ridge has a vast majority of people living there which speak different South African languages like Afrikaans, isiZulu, Sesotho and others.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Main Place Rabie Ridge". Census 2011.
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