Elsburg | |
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 Aerial view overhead Elsburg | |
  Elsburg  Elsburg | |
| Coordinates:26°14′42″S28°11′49″E / 26.245°S 28.197°E /-26.245; 28.197 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | Ekurhuleni |
| Main Place | Germiston |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.05 km2 (1.18 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 6,231 |
| • Density | 2,040/km2 (5,290/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 22.3% |
| • Coloured | 3.8% |
| • Indian/Asian | 2.7% |
| • White | 70.7% |
| • Other | 0.5% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 65.0% |
| • English | 16.2% |
| • Zulu | 4.6% |
| • Sotho | 2.2% |
| • Other | 12.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 1428 |
| PO box | 1407 |
Elsburg is a town inEkurhuleni in theGauteng province ofSouth Africa. It is a town some 6 km south-east ofGermiston.
Laid out on the farm Klippoortjie in 1887 and proclaimed a town in 1908. It was named after the owner, Commandant Johannes Marthinus Els. Els returned from theBoer war and divided his farm among his remaining troops who had lost everything. It was administered by a health committee from 1908 and by a village council from 1938. Municipal status was achieved in October 1957. It almost became the capital of the goldfields instead ofJohannesburg.[2]
Communities ofEkurhuleni,Gauteng | ||
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Seat:Germiston | ||
| Places in Ekurhuleni | .svg) | |
| Suburbs of Kempton Park | ||
| Suburbs of Germiston |
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