Diepkloof

Diepkloof
Diepkloof
Coordinates	26 ° 14 ′ 57 ″  S , 27 ° 56 ′ 46 ″  E Coordinates: 26 ° 14 ′ 57 ″  S , 27 ° 56 ′ 46 ″  E
Basic data
Country	South Africa
province	Gauteng
District	Johannesburg
height	1679 m
surface	9.5 km²
Residents	95,537 (2011)
density	10,099  Ew. / km²
founding	1959
The Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Diepkloof

Diepkloof is a district of Soweto , which in turn is part of the metropolitan municipality City of Johannesburg in South Africa .

geography

The Diepkloof township settlement is located around eleven kilometers southwest of central Johannesburg. In 2011 the district officially had 95,537 inhabitants. It belongs to Region D of the City of Johannesburg, which includes all of Soweto.

Diepkloof is located in the northeast of Soweto. To the west is the Orlando East district .

history

The district was founded in 1959 as a settlement for blacks , especially for the resettled residents of the Alexandra township settlement north of Johannesburg . Before that, the Diepkloof farm was located there . The name comes from Afrikaans and means "deep gorge". In 1963 Diepkloof was merged with numerous other settlements for blacks to form Soweto.

traffic

Diepkloof is connected to the M68 (Motorway 68), M70 and M83 roads. The National Route 1 (N1) affected Diepkloof in the southeast and east, the National Route 12 branches off from the N1 at Diepkloof. There are no train stations in Diepkloof.

Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital

In the south of Diepkloof is the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital , which is considered the largest hospital in the southern hemisphere.

Personalities

• Lucas Radebe (* 1969), soccer player, born in Diepkloof

Individual evidence

1. ↑ added up from: Diepkloof SP 2011 Diepkloof Zone 1 Census 2011 Diepkloof Zone 2 Census 2011 Diepkloof Zone 3 Census 2011 Diepkloof Zone 4 Census 2011 Diepkloof Zone 5 Census 2011 Diepkloof Zone 6 2011 Census , accessed 2011 on 13th July 2018
2. ^ History of Soweto. showme.co.za, accessed July 14, 2018