Diepsloot
Sign in to saveDiepsloot ( ), Afrikaans for "deep ditch", is a densely populated township in Gauteng, South Africa. It is located in the Region A of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. There are high levels of crimes here including illegal electricity connections and theft.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Diepsloot
- Settlement.native_name
- Sloot
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Wassup activists say the government should do more to maintain the community's environment in Diepsloot, South Africa, December 2012. (VOA S. Honorine).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- A part of Diepsloot in 2012.
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- South Africa Gauteng#South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- South Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gauteng
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- City of Johannesburg
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1995
- Settlement.government_type
- Ward 95 and 113
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 12.00
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- Image
- Wassup activists say the government should do more to maintain the community's environment in Diepsloot, South Africa, December 2012. (VOA S. Honorine).jpg
- Dialing code
- 011
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- Diepsloot
- inception
- 1600-01-01
- postal code
- 0807
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Diepsloot ( ), Afrikaans for "deep ditch", is a densely populated township in Gauteng, South Africa. It is located in the Region A of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. There are high levels of crimes here including illegal electricity connections and theft.
== Geography == Diepsloot is a northern periphery of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and is divided into extensions. Diepsloot is made up of fully government-subsidised housing (RDP) (Extensions 4, 5, 6, 9, and 10), brick houses built by landowners (Extensions 2 and 7), partially government- subsidised houses (Extension 3/Tanganani) as well as shacks (the biggest sections being Extensions 1, 12, and 13). A large proportion (45.5%) of residents rent their property from a landowner who has subdivided their land.
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