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Diepkloof
Coordinates: 26°14′56″S27°56′46″E / 26.249°S 27.946°E / -26.249; 27.946
CountrySouth Africa
Province Gauteng
Municipality City of Johannesburg
Main Place Soweto
Area
[1]
  Total9.46 km2 (3.65 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
  Total95,067
  Density10,000/km2 (26,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
   Black African 99.7%
   Coloured 0.2%
   White 0.1%
First languages (2011)
[1]
   Zulu 34.3%
   Tswana 14.6%
   Sotho 12.8%
   Tsonga 12.4%
  Other25.9%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
1862
PO box
1864

Diepkloof is a large zone of Soweto township in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is also sometimes referred to as Diepmeadow, if considered as a single township with the nearby Meadowlands (although there is Orlando in between). Diepkloof was established in 1959 to accommodate people being removed from Alexandra.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Main Place Diepkloof". Census 2001.
  2. STATS SA. "Census 2011".