Booysens, Pretoria
Appearance
Booysens | |
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Coordinates: 25°42′40″S 28°07′33″E / 25.71111°S 28.12583°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Tshwane |
Main Place | Pretoria |
Established | 1905 |
Area | |
• Total | 1.67 km2 (0.64 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 3,926 |
• Density | 2,400/km2 (6,100/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 15.7% |
• Coloured | 2.1% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.7% |
• White | 81.3% |
• Other | 0.2% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 80.8% |
• English | 4.8% |
• Tswana | 3.2% |
• Northern Sotho | 3.2% |
• Other | 8.1% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 0082 |
PO box | n/a |
Area code | 012 |
Booysens is a western suburb of Pretoria, South Africa.
History
[edit]The suburb lies on an old farm called Zandfontein and was developed from 1905, named after the owner C.H.Z. Booysens.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Booysens". Census 2011.
- ^ Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.