Van Riebeeck Park
Place in Gauteng, South Africa
Van Riebeeck Park | |
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Coordinates: 26°04′41″S 28°13′01″E / 26.078°S 28.217°E / -26.078; 28.217 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | Ekurhuleni |
Main Place | Kempton Park |
Established | 1952 |
Area | |
• Total | 3.90 km2 (1.51 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 7,431 |
• Density | 1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 17.3% |
• Coloured | 1.1% |
• Indian/Asian | 2.1% |
• White | 78.1% |
• Other | 1.3% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 56.1% |
• English | 30.6% |
• Zulu | 3.3% |
• Northern Sotho | 2.6% |
• Other | 7.4% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 1619 |
PO box | 1629 |
Van Riebeeck Park is a residential suburb of Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa.
History
[edit]Named in 1952, it obtained its name after the tercentennial anniversary of the landing of Jan van Riebeeck.[2]
Education
[edit]It has a high school named Jeugland Hoërskool and a primary school named Laerskool Van Riebeeckpark, just a few kilometers apart.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Van Riebeeckpark". Census 2011.
- ^ Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.
Communities of Ekurhuleni, Gauteng | ||
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Seat: Germiston | ||
Places in Ekurhuleni | ||
Suburbs of Kempton Park |