Kliptown

Kliptown
Kliptown in November 2012
Kliptown in November 2012
Kliptown is located in Gauteng
Kliptown
Kliptown
Kliptown is located in South Africa
Kliptown
Kliptown
Coordinates: 26°17′02″S 27°53′13″E / 26.284°S 27.887°E / -26.284; 27.887
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceGauteng
MunicipalityCity of Johannesburg
Main PlaceSoweto
Area
 • Total0.77 km2 (0.30 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total7,548
 • Density9,800/km2 (25,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African68.2%
 • Coloured30.6%
 • Indian/Asian0.8%
 • White0.1%
 • Other0.4%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans32.4%
 • Sotho20.5%
 • Zulu14.2%
 • Tswana6.8%
 • Other26.0%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
1811
PO box
1812
A shop in Kliptown in 1979
A group Emotional Fitness Class, using "Shape of Emotion", with unemployed youth from Kliptown

Kliptown is a suburb of the formerly black township of Soweto in Gauteng, South Africa, located about 17 km south-west of Johannesburg. Kliptown is the oldest residential district of Soweto, and was first laid out in 1891 on land which formed part of Klipspruit farm. The farm was named after the klipspruit (rocky stream) that runs nearby. From 1903 the area was home to informal settlements (squatter camps), and the area now contains a mixture of purpose-built housing and many shacks and other informal homes which form the Chris Hani and Dlamini settlements.

  1. ^ a b c d "Sub Place Kliptown". Census 2011.