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Sandown Legendary | |
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| Coordinates: 26°05′53″S 28°03′36″E / 26.098°S 28.060°E / -26.098; 28.060 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Sandton |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.74 km2 (1.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 6,354 |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 35.9% |
| • Coloured | 3.0% |
| • Indian/Asian | 18.0% |
| • White | 39.8% |
| • Other | 3.3% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 62.6% |
| • Afrikaans | 5.0% |
| • Zulu | 5.0% |
| • Tswana | 3.2% |
| • Other | 24.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2196 |
| PO box | 2031 |
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 and is home to the offices of many major national and international corporations as well as the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in the area known as Sandton Central. The Gautrain rapid rail system's Sandton Station is located in Sandown, linking Sandton to O.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg Central and the Capital City, Pretoria.
Sandown is named after the town of Sandown, on the Isle of Wight, UK.
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
- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Sandown". Census 2011.
- ^ "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 20 October 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
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