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Vosloorus | |
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Aerial view o Vosloorus | |
Kintra | Sooth Africae |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | Ekurhuleni |
Established | 1963 |
Area | |
• Total | 32.10 km2 (12.39 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 163,216 |
• Density | 5,100/km2 (13,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 99.3% |
• Coloured | 0.3% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
• White | 0.1% |
• Other | 0.1% |
First leids (2011) | |
• Zulu | 46.8% |
• Sotho | 18.0% |
• Xhosa | 8.2% |
• Northren Sotho | 7.3% |
• Other | 19.7% |
Postal code (street) | 1475 |
PO box | 1486 |
Vosloorus is a lairge tounship situatit sooth o Boksburg an juist east o Katlehong in Ekurhuleni Metropolitan municipality, Gauteng, Sooth Africae. It wis established in 1963 when Black Africans wur remuivit frae Stirtonville[2] acause it wis considered bi the govrenment too close tae a white toun. Stirtonville, renamit Reiger Park, haes syne become hame tae Boksburg's coloured commonty.[citation needit] A local authority wis established in 1983 when Vosloorus wis gien full municipal status.[citation needit]
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