Ivory Park

Ivory Park
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Location within Greater Johannesburg  Ivory Park
Coordinates: 25°59′56″S 28°11′46″E / 25.999°S 28.196°E / -25.999; 28.196Coordinates: 25°59′56″S 28°11′46″E / 25.999°S 28.196°E / -25.999; 28.196
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Area[1]
• Total	9.21 km2 (3.56 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	184,383
• Density	20,000/km2 (52,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
• Black African	98.8%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.1%
• Other	0.8%
First languages (2011)[1]
• Northern Sotho	23.3%
• Tsonga	22.5%
• Zulu	21.4%
• Xhosa	7.4%
• Other	25.4%
Postal code (street)	1693
PO box	1689

Ivory Park is a densely populated residential area in the east of Johannesburg, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is located in Region 2.

Ivory Park is occupied by more than 182 000 black people and is close to Tembisa. Services in Ivory Park have improved since the early 1990s. It has 5 clinics, 8 schools, a police station, 2 libraries and is served by the popular Voice of Tembisa FM community radio station.

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