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Theresapark | |
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  Theresapark  Theresapark | |
| Coordinates: 25°40′26″S28°08′23″E / 25.67389°S 28.13972°E Coordinates: 25°40′26″S28°08′23″E / 25.67389°S 28.13972°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Tshwane |
| Main Place | Akasia |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.64 km2 (1.79 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) [1] | |
| • Total | 7,746 |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 44.2% |
| • Coloured | 1.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.0% |
| • White | 53.2% |
| • Other | 0.4% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 49.7% |
| • Tswana/Sotho | 27% |
| • English | 9.4% |
| • Zulu | 3.7% |
| • Other | 10.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 0182 |
| PO box | 0155 |
| Area code | 012 |
Theresapark is a suburb of the mainplace Akasia in Gauteng, South Africa. It is situated to the north west of the Pretoria CBD, facing the slopes of the Magaliesberg.
Akasia is a complex of suburbs in the north of Pretoria, part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. The area surrounding Akasia is largely semi-rural and Akasia itself is built on former agricultural holdings.
Gauteng, which means "place of gold", is one of the nine provinces of South Africa.
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline of Southern Africa stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini (Swaziland); and it surrounds the enclaved country of Lesotho. South Africa is the largest country in Southern Africa and the 25th-largest country in the world by land area and, with over 57 million people, is the world's 24th-most populous nation. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World or the Eastern Hemisphere. About 80 percent of South Africans are of Sub-Saharan African ancestry, divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking different African languages, nine of which have official status. The remaining population consists of Africa's largest communities of European (White), Asian (Indian), and multiracial (Coloured) ancestry.
It used to be a predominantly Afrikaans speaking suburb for many young white residents, but the demography has changed since the end of apartheid in 1994.
Afrikaans is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and, to a lesser extent, Botswana and Zimbabwe. It evolved from the Dutch vernacular of South Holland spoken by the mainly Dutch settlers of what is now South Africa, where it gradually began to develop distinguishing characteristics in the course of the 18th century. Hence, it is a daughter language of Dutch, and was previously referred to as "Cape Dutch" or "kitchen Dutch". However, it is also variously described as a creole or as a partially creolised language. The term is ultimately derived from Dutch Afrikaans-Hollands meaning "African Dutch".
