Thembisa
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Thembisa, formerly Tembisa, is a large township situated to the north of Kempton Park on the East Rand, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1957 when black people were resettled from Alexandra and other areas in Edenvale, Kempton Park, Midrand and Germiston.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Thembisa
- Settlement.other_name
- Tembisa
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Lazarus Mawela Station-Tembisa.png
- Settlement.image_caption
- Lazarus Mawela Station in Thembisa township
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- South Africa Gauteng#South Africa#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
- Ekurhuleni
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1957
- Settlement.leader_party
- ANC
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 42.80
- Settlement.population_total
- 463109
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 463109
- Area
- 42.80
- Elevation
- 1577
- Image
- Lazarus Mawela Station-Tembisa.png
- Dialing code
- 011
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- inception
- 1957-01-01
- postal code
- 2351
- Commons category
- Tembisa
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Thembisa, formerly Tembisa, is a large township situated to the north of Kempton Park on the East Rand, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1957 when black people were resettled from Alexandra and other areas in Edenvale, Kempton Park, Midrand and Germiston.
==History== The township was formed in 1957, under the administration of the Germiston city council which oversaw the forced relocation of black people from locations deemed to be in white areas, such as Dindela, Tikkieline, Phelindaba, and Modderfontein which spanned Edenvale, Modderfontein and Kempton Park. It is the second largest township in Gauteng, following Soweto.
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