Lawley, South Africa

Lawley
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Coordinates: 26.381°S 27.808°E / -26.381; 27.808
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Government
• Councillor	Sakhile Tshenge
Area [1]
• Total	6.09 km^2 (2.35 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	33,136
• Density	5,400/km^2 (14,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	95.3%
• Coloured	4.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	0.3%
• Other	0.2%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Zulu	28.8%
• Sotho	20.7%
• Tsonga	13.7%
• Xhosa	8.9%
• Other	28.0%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	1830
PO box	1824

Lawley is a township in the Gauteng province of South Africa and is some 8 km south of Lenasia. Named after Sir Arthur Lawley, Lieutenant-Governor of Transvaal from 1902 to 1906, when he became Governor of Madras.^[2]

References

1. "Main Place Lawley". Census 2011.
2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 274.