Electron, Gauteng

Electron
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Coordinates: 26°14′28″S28°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 on 27 July 1949. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. "Sub Place Electron". Census 2011.
2. Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN   9781868425501.
3. Standard encyclopaedia of Southern Africa / 4 Dev - For. Cape Town: Nasou. 1971. ISBN   978-0-625-00320-4.