Electron is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
Electron | |
|---|---|
  Electron  Electron | |
| Coordinates: 26°14′28″S 28°5′46″E / 26.24111°S 28.09611°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Johannesburg |
| Established | 1949 |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.38 km2 (0.15 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 38 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 100.0% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 15.8% |
| • Sotho | 7.9% |
| • Southern Ndebele | 5.3% |
| • Tsonga | 5.3% |
| • Other | 65.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2197 |
History
editPrior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Elandsfontein.[2] It became a suburb on 27 July 1949.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Electron". Census 2011.
- ^ a b Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.
- ^ Standard encyclopaedia of Southern Africa / 4 Dev - For. Cape Town: Nasou. 1971. ISBN 978-0-625-00320-4.
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