Daveyton
| Daveyton | |||
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| Coordinates | 26 ° 8 ′ 19 ″ S , 28 ° 25 ′ 30 ″ E | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
| Gauteng | |||
| metropolis | Ekurhuleni | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-GP | ||
| height | 1627 m | ||
| surface | 14.5 km² | ||
| Residents | 127,967 (2011) | ||
| density | 8,855.8 Ew. / km² | ||
| founding | 1952 | ||
Daveyton is an administrative part of the metropolitan municipality of Ekurhuleni in the South African province of Gauteng .
geography
In 2011 Daveyton had 127,967 residents. The district is located southwest of the township settlement Etwatwa and northeast of Benoni .
history
Daveyton was founded in 1952 as a township settlement. The Vista University had the East Rand Campus in Daveyton, who later founded by the 2004 North-West University was taken over.
traffic
The National Route 12 goes south of Daveyton along. The R51 runs on the western edge of the village. A railway line lies south of the village; Daveyton station is served by the Gauteng Metrorail as the terminus of the line from Johannesburg Park Station .
Personalities
- Duncan Theodore Tsoke (* 1964), Roman Catholic clergyman, born in Daveyton
- Lebo Mathosa (1977–2006), Kwaito singer, born in Daveyton
- Mthunzi Mvubu (* around 1985), jazz musician, born in Daveyton
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census , accessed August 29, 2017
- ↑ Portrait ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at visitekurhuleni.system-innovation.com (English), accessed on August 29, 2017
- ↑ Lines and timetables (English), accessed on August 29, 2017
