Park Central, Gauteng

Park Central
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Location within Greater Johannesburg Park Central
Coordinates: 26°13′05″S 28°02′17″E / 26.218°S 28.038°E / -26.218; 28.038Coordinates: 26°13′05″S 28°02′17″E / 26.218°S 28.038°E / -26.218; 28.038
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Established	1955
Area^[1]
• Total	0.31 km² (0.12 sq mi)
Population (2001)^[1]
• Total	84
• Density	270/km² (700/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2001)
• Black African	89.3%
• Coloured	10.7%
First languages (2001)
• Northern Sotho	28.6%
• Zulu	21.4%
• Tswana	17.9%
• Xhosa	10.7%
• Other	21.4%
Postal code (street)	2001

Park Central is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F.

History

The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Turffontein.^[2] Established on the old slime dumps of the Ferreira Gold Mine, it became a suburb in May 1955.^[2] It was named after Central Park, New York, at one time was also waste ground.^[2]

References

1 2 "Sub Place Park Central". Census 2001.
1 2 3 Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.

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