Elsburg
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Aerial view overhead Elsburg
Aerial view overhead Elsburg
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Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | Ekurhuleni |
Main Place | Germiston |
Established | {{#property:P571}} |
Area[1] | |
• Total | 3.05 km2 (1.18 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 6,231 |
• Density | 2,000/km2 (5,300/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011)[1] | |
• Black African | 22.3% |
• Coloured | 3.8% |
• Indian/Asian | 2.7% |
• White | 70.7% |
• Other | 0.5% |
First languages (2011)[1] | |
• Afrikaans | 65.0% |
• English | 16.2% |
• Zulu | 4.6% |
• Sotho | 2.2% |
• Other | 12.1% |
Postal code (street) | 1428 |
PO box | 1407 |
Elsburg is a town in Ekurhuleni in the Gauteng province of South Africa.
Town some 6 km south-east of Germiston. Laid out on the farm Klippoortjie in 1887 and proclaimed a town in 1908, it was named after the owner, F C Els. It was administered by a health committee from 1908 and by a village council from 1938. Municipal status was achieved in October 1957. It almost became the capital of the goldfields instead of Johannesburg.[2]
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