About
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| Coordinates | 26 ° 6 '53 " S , 28 ° 27' 47" O | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
| Gauteng | |||
| metropolis | Ekurhuleni | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-GP | ||
| height | 1600 m | ||
| surface | 20.8 km² | ||
| Residents | 151,866 (2011) | ||
| density | 7,290.7 Ew. / km² | ||
| founding | 20th century | ||
Etwatwa ( isiZulu ) is an administrative part of the metropolitan municipality of Ekurhuleni in the South African province of Gauteng .
geography
2011 had about 151,866 inhabitants. The district is located northeast of the Daveyton township settlement and south of the Sentrarand marshalling yard . To the east is the border with Mpumalanga Province .
history
About was founded as a township settlement in the 20th century. In the 1980s, the population increased rapidly, although there was hardly any infrastructure.
traffic
The National Route 12 continues south past Etwatwa. A railway line runs through Etwatwa without stopping to the Sentrarand marshalling yard.
Personalities
- John Mekoa (1945–2017), jazz musician, born in Etwatwa
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census , accessed August 29, 2017
- ↑ Franco Barchiesi: Precarious liberation: workers, the state and contested social citizenship in post-apartheid South Africa. SUNY Press, Albany 2011, ISBN 9781438436104 , p. 144. Excerpts from books.google.de