Erasmia is a suburb in the northern outskirts of Centurion in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. Originally a whites-only area under apartheid, increasing numbers of Indians from neighbouring Laudium moved in, following the abolition of segregation in the early 1990s, and the construction of a direct link road between the two areas. Erasmia lies west of the R55 route. In 2001, 65.72% of the population was Indian,[2] and by 2011, Indians made up 77.03% of the population.[1] The area called Christoburg is for census [1] and other purposes usually treated as part of Erasmia.
Erasmia | |
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  Erasmia  Erasmia | |
| Coordinates: 25°48′51″S 28°5′35″E / 25.81417°S 28.09306°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Tshwane |
| Established | 26 January 2019 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.93 km2 (1.13 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 6,932 |
| • Density | 2,400/km2 (6,100/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 12.6% |
| • Coloured | 1.8% |
| • Indian/Asian | 77.0% |
| • White | 7.0% |
| • Other | 1.6% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 75.3% |
| • Afrikaans | 12.5% |
| • Northern Sotho | 2.5% |
| • Tswana | 1.2% |
| • Other | 8.5% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 0183 |
| PO box | 0023 |
History
editIt became a suburb on 4 September 1946 and was named after WFE Erasmus.[3] It was created out of the farms Mooiplaas No. 69 and Zwartkop No. 476.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Sub Place Erasmia". Census 2011.
- ^ Sub Place Erasmia Census 2001
- ^ a b Standard encyclopaedia of Southern Africa / 4 Dev - For. Cape Town: Nasou. 1971. p. 382. ISBN 978-0-625-00320-4.
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