Diepkloof

Diepkloof
Diepkloof
	Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Diepkloof
	Diepkloof Diepkloof
	Coordinates: 26.249°S 27.946°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Soweto
Area
• Total	9.46 km2 (3.65 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	95,067
• Density	10,000/km2 (26,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	99.7%
• Coloured	0.2%
• White	0.1%
First languages (2011)
• Zulu	34.3%
• Tswana	14.6%
• Sotho	12.8%
• Tsonga	12.4%
• Other	25.9%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	1862
PO box	1864

Diepkloof

Place in Gauteng, South Africa

Diepkloof is a large zone of Soweto township in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is also sometimes referred to as Diepmeadow, if considered as a single township with the nearby Meadowlands (although there is Orlando in between). Diepkloof was established in 1959 to accommodate people being removed from Alexandra.

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[census2001-1] [1]
"Main Place Diepkloof". Census 2001.

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STATS SA. "Census 2011".

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Diepkloof
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Diepkloof
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Coordinates: 26.249°S 27.946°E / -26.249; 27.946
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Soweto
Area ^[1]
• Total	9.46 km² (3.65 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[2]
• Total	95,067
• Density	10,000/km² (26,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) ^[1]
• Black African	99.7%
• Coloured	0.2%
• White	0.1%
First languages (2011) ^[1]
• Zulu	34.3%
• Tswana	14.6%
• Sotho	12.8%
• Tsonga	12.4%
• Other	25.9%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	1862
PO box	1864

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