Lindberg Park
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Place in Gauteng, South Africa
Lindberg Park | |
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Coordinates: 26°15′11″S 28°01′55″E / 26.253°S 28.032°E / -26.253; 28.032 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Johannesburg |
Area | |
• Total | 0.22 km2 (0.08 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,156 |
• Density | 5,300/km2 (14,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 63.8% |
• Coloured | 9.4% |
• Indian/Asian | 6.1% |
• White | 20.7% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 29.7% |
• Zulu | 19.2% |
• Afrikaans | 15.8% |
• Xhosa | 8.7% |
• Other | 26.6% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Lindberg Park is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
History
[edit]Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Turffontein.[2] It became a suburb on 20 May 1955.[2] Originally called Turf Club Extension it was eventually named after Albert Victor Lindberg a CNA bookstore director.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Sub Place Lindberg Park". Census 2011.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.
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