Electron, Gauteng

Electron
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Coordinates: 26°14′28″S 28°5′46″E / 26.24111°S 28.09611°E / -26.24111; 28.09611Coordinates: 26°14′28″S 28°5′46″E / 26.24111°S 28.09611°E / -26.24111; 28.09611
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Established	1949
Area [1]
• Total	0.38 km2 (0.15 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	38
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	100.0%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Zulu	15.8%
• Sotho	7.9%
• Southern Ndebele	5.3%
• Tsonga	5.3%
• Other	65.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2197

Electron is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

History[]

Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Elandsfontein.^[2] It became a suburb in 1949.^[2]

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