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| Coordinates:26°05′53″S28°03′36″E / 26.098°S 28.060°E /-26.098; 28.060 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Sandton |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.74 km2 (1.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 6,354 |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 35.9% |
| • Coloured | 3.0% |
| • Indian/Asian | 18.0% |
| • White | 39.8% |
| • Other | 3.3% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 62.6% |
| • Afrikaans | 5.0% |
| • Zulu | 5.0% |
| • Tswana | 3.2% |
| • Other | 24.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2196 |
| PO box | 2031 |
Sandown is an affluent suburb ofJohannesburg,South Africa, inSandton. It is located in Region E of theCity of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Sandown is both a residential and commercial area[2] and is home to the offices of many major national and international corporations as well as the Johannesburg Stock Exchange[3] in the area known asSandton Central. TheGautrain rapid rail system's Sandton Station is located in Sandown,[4] linking Sandton toO.R. Tambo International Airport,[5]Johannesburg Central and the Capital City,Pretoria.[6]
Sandown is named after the town ofSandown, on theIsle of Wight,UK.[7]
According to theSouth African National Census of 2001, 55.7% of the population wereWhite, 35.4%Black African, 7.1%Indian or Asian and 1.8%Coloured.
65.5% spokeEnglish, 7.8%Zulu, 6.0%Tswana, 5.0%Northern Sotho, 3.1%Afrikaans, 2.4%Xhosa, 2.1%Sotho, 1.7%Venda, 1.7%Tsonga, 0.8%Southern Ndebele. 0.4%Swazi and 3.4% some other language as their first language.
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