Isando
Isando | |
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Coordinates: 26°08′38″S 28°12′25″E / 26.144°S 28.207°ECoordinates: 26°08′38″S 28°12′25″E / 26.144°S 28.207°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | Ekurhuleni |
Main Place | Kempton Park, Gauteng |
Established | 1949 |
Area[1] | |
• Total | 6.21 km2 (2.40 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 13 |
• Density | 2.1/km2 (5.4/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011)[1] | |
• Black African | 69.2% |
• White | 30.8% |
First languages (2011)[1] | |
• Afrikaans | 45.5% |
• Zulu | 18.2% |
• Northern Sotho | 18.2% |
• English | 9.1% |
• Other | 9.1% |
Postal code (street) | 1609 |
PO box | 1600 |
Area code | 010 |
Isando is a town in Ekurhuleni in the Gauteng province of South Africa.
History
Industrial township south-west of Kempton Park, 22 km east of Johannesburg. It was laid out on the farm Witkoppie and proclaimed on 21 December 1949.[2] The name is of Bantu origin and it is the Zulu name for a hammer.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Isando". Census 2011.
- 1 2 Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 223. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
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