Van Riebeeck Park

Van Riebeeck Park
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Coordinates: 26.078°S 28.217°E / -26.078; 28.217
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	Ekurhuleni
Main Place	Kempton Park
Established	1952
Area [1]
• Total	3.90 km^2 (1.51 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	7,431
• Density	1,900/km^2 (4,900/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	17.3%
• Coloured	1.1%
• Indian/Asian	2.1%
• White	78.1%
• Other	1.3%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	56.1%
• English	30.6%
• Zulu	3.3%
• Northern Sotho	2.6%
• Other	7.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	1619
PO box	1629

Van Riebeeck Park is a residential suburb of Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa.

History

Named in 1952, it obtained its name after the tercentennial anniversary of the landing of Jan van Riebeeck.^[2]

Education

It has a high school named Jeugland Hoërskool and a primary school named Laerskool Van Riebeeckpark, just a few kilometers apart.

References

1. "Sub Place Van Riebeeckpark". Census 2011.
2. Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.