Van Riebeeck Park

Van Riebeeck Park
Van Riebeeck Park
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	Coordinates: 26°04′41″S 28°13′01″E / 26.078°S 28.217°ECoordinates: 26°04′41″S 28°13′01″E / 26.078°S 28.217°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	Ekurhuleni
Main Place	Kempton Park, Gauteng
Established	1952
Area
• Total	3.90 km2 (1.51 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	7,431
• Density	1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	17.3%
• Coloured	1.1%
• Indian/Asian	2.1%
• White	78.1%
• Other	1.3%
First languages (2011)
• Afrikaans	56.1%
• English	30.6%
• Zulu	3.3%
• Northern Sotho	2.6%
• Other	7.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	1619
PO box	1629

Van Riebeeck Park is a residential suburb of Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa.

History[]

Named in 1952, it obtained its name after the tercentennial anniversary of the landing of Jan van Riebeeck.^[2]

It has a high school named Jeugland Hoërskool and a primary school named , just a few kilometers apart.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sub Place Van Riebeeckpark". Census 2011.
^ 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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Van Riebeeck Park
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Coordinates: 26°04′41″S 28°13′01″E / 26.078°S 28.217°E / -26.078; 28.217Coordinates: 26°04′41″S 28°13′01″E / 26.078°S 28.217°E / -26.078; 28.217
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	Ekurhuleni
Main Place	Kempton Park, Gauteng
Established	1952
Area ^[1]
• Total	3.90 km² (1.51 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	7,431
• Density	1,900/km² (4,900/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) ^[1]
• Black African	17.3%
• Coloured	1.1%
• Indian/Asian	2.1%
• White	78.1%
• Other	1.3%
First languages (2011) ^[1]
• Afrikaans	56.1%
• English	30.6%
• Zulu	3.3%
• Northern Sotho	2.6%
• Other	7.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	1619
PO box	1629