Sandown, Gauteng
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Template:Infobox South African town 2011 Sandown is an affluent suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, in Sandton. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Sandown is both a residential and commercial area[1] and is home to the offices of many major national and international corporations as well as the Johannesburg Stock Exchange[2] in the area known as Sandton Central. The Gautrain rapid rail system's Sandton Station is located in Sandown,[3] linking Sandton to O.R. Tambo International Airport,[4] Johannesburg Central and the Capital City, Pretoria.[5]
Sandown is named after the town of Sandown, on the Isle of Wight, UK.[6]
Demographics
According to the South African National Census of 2001, 55.7% of the population were White, 35.4% Black African, 7.1% Indian or Asian and 1.8% Coloured.
65.5% spoke English, 7.8% Zulu, 6.0% Tswana, 5.0% Northern Sotho, 3.1% Afrikaans, 2.4% Xhosa, 2.1% Sotho, 1.7% Venda, 1.7% Tsonga, 0.8% Southern Ndebele. 0.4% Swazi and 3.4% some other language as their first language.
References
- ^ "Sandown - Seeff Properties."
- ^ "JSE Contact details"
- ^ "Gautrain Sandton Station."
- ^ "Gautrain O R Tambo Station."
- ^ "Gautrain Johannesburg Park Station."
- ^ "Final Draft, Sandton Urban Development Framework - A Brief History of Sandton". Sandton Central Management District. Archived from the original on 2008-10-20. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
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