Ivory Park | |
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Coordinates:25°59′56″S28°11′46″E / 25.999°S 28.196°E /-25.999; 28.196 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Area | |
• Total | 9.21 km2 (3.56 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 184,383 |
• Density | 20,000/km2 (52,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 98.8% |
• Coloured | 0.2% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
• White | 0.1% |
• Other | 0.8% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Northern Sotho | 23.3% |
• Tsonga | 22.5% |
• Zulu | 21.4% |
• Xhosa | 7.4% |
• Other | 25.4% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 1693 |
PO box | 1689 |
Ivory Park is a densely populated residential suburb ofMidrand in theGauteng province ofSouth Africa. It is located in Region A of theCity of Johannesburg.
Ivory Park is occupied by more than 182 000 black people and is located in the town ofMidrand in theCity of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. It is situated adjacent to the township ofTembisa in the neighbouringCity of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality and is usually but inaccurately treated as being part of it. Services in Ivory Park have improved since the early 1990s.[citation needed] It has five clinics, eight schools, a police station, two libraries and is served by the popularVoice of Tembisa FM community radio station.
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