Orange Farm

Orange Farm
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Orange Farm Youth Protest
Orange Farm Youth Protest
Orange Farm is located in Gauteng
Orange Farm
Orange Farm
Orange Farm is located in South Africa
Orange Farm
Orange Farm
Coordinates: 26°27′54″S 27°51′25″E / 26.465°S 27.857°E / -26.465; 27.857
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceGauteng
MunicipalityCity of Johannesburg
Established1988
Government
 • CouncillorMotha (ANC)
Area
 • Total12.16 km2 (4.70 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total76,767
 • Density6,300/km2 (16,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African99.3%
 • Coloured0.3%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • White0.1%
 • Other0.2%
First languages (2011)
 • Zulu44.5%
 • Sotho29.1%
 • Xhosa9.5%
 • Tsonga4.1%
 • Other12.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
1805
PO box
1805
Area code1841

Orange Farm ("Farma") is a township located approximately 45 km (28 mi) from Johannesburg in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. It is the southernmost township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Its name, a misnomer given that oranges are grown in orchards instead of farms, has Dutch origins. It is one of the youngest townships in South Africa, with the original inhabitants, laid-off farm workers, taking up residency in 1988. Support for the population came slowly mostly from people who were tenants at the larger township of Soweto.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Orange Farm". Census 2011.
  2. ^ "Orange Farm, South Africa". City of Johannesburg. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2014.