Devon is a settlement in Sedibeng District Municipality in the Gauteng province of South Africa.
Devon | |
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Coordinates: 26°21′23″S 28°47′06″E / 26.356389°S 28.785°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
District | Sedibeng |
Municipality | Lesedi |
Area | |
• Total | 1.37 km2 (0.53 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 347 |
• Density | 250/km2 (660/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 44.7% |
• Coloured | 2.3% |
• Indian/Asian | 8.9% |
• White | 42.4% |
• Other | 1.7% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 41.9% |
• Zulu | 26.2% |
• English | 11.6% |
• S. Ndebele | 7.0% |
• Other | 13.4% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
PO box | 2260 |
Area code | 017 |
History
editVillage some 18 km west of Leslie and 40 km east-south-east of Springs. Named after the home county in England of the surveyor who laid it out. Important for natural gas in the vicinity.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Main Place Devon". Census 2011.
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 136.