Eldorado Park, Gauteng

Eldorado Park is a suburb of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region G of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. It lies on the southern boundary of Soweto and prior to 1994, was a Coloured township during Apartheid.

Eldorado Park
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Coordinates: 26°17′20″S 27°53′46″E / 26.289°S 27.896°E / -26.289; 27.896Coordinates: 26°17′20″S 27°53′46″E / 26.289°S 27.896°E / -26.289; 27.896
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Soweto
Established	1965
Area ^[1]
• Total	9.12 km^2 (3.52 sq mi)
Population  (2011)^[1]
• Total	65,698
• Density	7,200/km^2 (19,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) ^[1]
• Black African	12.37%
• Coloured	85.06%
• Indian/Asian	1.13%
• White	0.18%
• Other	1.26%
First languages (2011) ^[1]
• Afrikaans	56.9%
• English	35.7%
• Zulu	1.6%
• Northern Sotho	1.6%
• Setswana	1.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	1811
PO box	1813

History

In 1965, the land was declared an area for the exclusive settlement of the Coloured South Africans under the Group Areas Act.^[2]: 111 It became part of Johannesburg in 1970.^[2]: 111 On 26 August 2020, local resident Nathaniel Julies was fatally shot by members of the South African Police Service.

Notable people

• Liesl Laurie - Miss South Africa 2015
• Liesl Penniken - singer, most famously as a member of Jamali (band)

References

1. "Sub Place Eldorado Park". Census 2011.
2. Musiker, Naomi; Musiker, Reuben (2000). A Concise Historical Dictionary of Greater Johannesburg. Cape Town: Francolin. ISBN 1868590712.