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Diepkloof
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Diepkloof
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Diepkloof
Diepkloof is located in Gauteng
Diepkloof
Diepkloof
Diepkloof is located in South Africa
Diepkloof
Diepkloof
Coordinates: 26°14′56″S 27°56′46″E / 26.249°S 27.946°E / -26.249; 27.946
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceGauteng
MunicipalityCity of Johannesburg
Main PlaceSoweto
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 African99.7%
 • Coloured0.2%
 • White0.1%
First languages (2011)
[1]
 • Zulu34.3%
 • Tswana14.6%
 • Sotho12.8%
 • Tsonga12.4%
 • Other25.9%
Time zoneUTC+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.

  1. ^ a b c "Main Place Diepkloof". Census 2001.
  2. ^ STATS SA. "Census 2011".

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