Tembisa
| Tembisa | |||
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| Coordinates | 25 ° 59 ′ 0 ″ S , 28 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
| Gauteng | |||
| metropolis | Ekurhuleni | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-GP | ||
| height | 1549 m | ||
| surface | 42.8 km² | ||
| Residents | 463,109 (2011) | ||
| density | 10,820.3 Ew. / km² | ||
| founding | 1957 | ||
| Website | www.tembisa.co.za (English) | ||
 Tembisa township
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Tembisa is a city in the South African province of Gauteng . It belongs to the metropolitan municipality of Ekurhuleni . It was founded in 1957 as a township for the Johannesburg economic area .
geography
Tembisa is north of the city of Kempton Park and northeast of the city of Johannesburg. In 2011 Tembisa had 463,109 inhabitants. According to the 2011 census, around 99% of the residents are black. North Sotho dominates as mother tongue with around 33%, isiZulu with 27% and Xitsonga with 13%.
history
Tembisa was founded during the apartheid period in 1957 to serve as a home for black South Africans from overpopulated neighborhoods and cities such as Alexandra , Kempton Park, Edenvale , Midrand and Germiston .
Until 2006, the football club Tembisa Classic , which played in the first division of South Africa, was based in Tembisa. He was bought in 2005 by Maritzburg United FC from Pietermaritzburg , whose team was then playing in the First Division (Second League).
Web links
- Official Website of Tembisa (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 2011 census , accessed October 4, 2013
- ↑ groundhopping.de: Ajax Cape Town vs. Tembisa Classic 3: 1 (English), February 22, 2006