Towerby | |
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Coordinates: 26°15′18″S28°02′46″E / 26.255°S 28.046°E Coordinates: 26°15′18″S28°02′46″E / 26.255°S 28.046°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Johannesburg |
Established | 1953 |
Area | |
• Total | 0.23 km2 (0.09 sq mi) |
Population (2011) [1] | |
• Total | 751 |
• Density | 3,300/km2 (8,500/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 51.7% |
• Coloured | 10.8% |
• Indian/Asian | 4.7% |
• White | 28.8% |
• Other | 4.1% |
First languages (2011) | |
• English | 37.2% |
• Afrikaans | 14.9% |
• Zulu | 14.9% |
• Sotho | 5.2% |
• Other | 27.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 2190 |
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Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Turffontein. [2] It became a suburb on 18 March 1953 taking its name from a nearby water tower. [2]
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