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.
Eldorado Park | |
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  Eldorado Park  Eldorado Park | |
| Coordinates: 26°17′20″S 27°53′46″E / 26.289°S 27.896°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Soweto |
| Established | 1965 |
| Area | |
| • 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) | |
| • Black African | 12.37% |
| • Coloured | 85.06% |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.13% |
| • White | 0.18% |
| • Other | 1.26% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • 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 |
History
editIn 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 On 26 August 2020, local resident Nathaniel Julies was fatally shot by members of the South African Police Service.
Notable people
edit- Liesl Laurie - Miss South Africa 2015
- Liesl Penniken - singer, most famously as a member of Jamali (band)
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Eldorado Park". Census 2011.
- ^ a b Musiker, Naomi; Musiker, Reuben (2000). A Concise Historical Dictionary of Greater Johannesburg. Cape Town: Francolin. ISBN 1868590712.