Eldorado Park, Gauteng Explained

Eldorado Park
Pushpin Map:South Africa Gauteng#South Africa
Coordinates:-26.289°N 27.896°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:South Africa
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Gauteng
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:City of Johannesburg
Subdivision Type4:Main Place
Subdivision Name4:Soweto
Established Title:Established
Established Date:1965
Leader Title:Councillor
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:9.12
Population Total:65698
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Racial makeup (2011)
Demographics1 Title1:Black African
Demographics1 Info1:12.37%
Demographics1 Title2:Coloured
Demographics1 Info2:85.06%
Demographics1 Title3:Indian/Asian
Demographics1 Info3:1.13%
Demographics1 Title4:White
Demographics1 Info4:0.18%
Demographics1 Title5:Other
Demographics1 Info5:1.26%
Demographics Type2:First languages (2011)
Demographics2 Title1:Afrikaans
Demographics2 Info1:56.9%
Demographics2 Title2:English
Demographics2 Info2:35.7%
Demographics2 Title3:Zulu
Demographics2 Info3:1.6%
Demographics2 Title4:Northern Sotho
Demographics2 Info4:1.6%
Demographics2 Title5:Setswana
Demographics2 Info5:1.3%
Timezone1:SAST
Utc Offset1:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code (street)
Postal Code:1811
Postal2 Code Type:PO box
Postal2 Code:1813
Area Code Type:Area code

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

In 1965, the land was declared an area for the exclusive settlement of the Coloured South Africans under the Group Areas Act.[2] It became part of Johannesburg in 1970.[2] On 26 August 2020, local resident Nathaniel Julies was fatally shot by members of the South African Police Service.

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sub Place Eldorado Park . Census 2011.
  2. Book: Musiker, Naomi. A Concise Historical Dictionary of Greater Johannesburg. Musiker. Reuben. Francolin. 2000. 1868590712. Cape Town.