Vosloorus
Sign in to saveVosloorus is a large township situated south of Boksburg and just east of Katlehong in Ekurhuleni, just 30 kilometres south-east of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1963 when Black Africans were removed from Stirtonville because it was considered by the government too close to a white town. Stirtonville, renamed Reiger Park, has since become home to Boksburg's coloured community. A local authority was established in 1983 when Vosloorus was given full municipal status.
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Vinony's link graph records 1,294 inbound references to Vosloorus, and connects out to University of the Witwatersrand, Witwatersrand and Rising Star Cave.
The entry is geolocated on the map in ZA, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under East Rand, Populated places established in 1963 and Populated places in Ekurhuleni.
Vinony links it to 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Vosloorus
- Settlement.image_skyline
- 2011-02-09 16-45-07 South Africa - Vosloorus.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial view of Vosloorus
- 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.subdivision_type4
- Main Place
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Boksburg
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 32.10
- Settlement.population_total
- 163216
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- South African township
- Country
- South Africa
- Area
- 32.10
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- 2011-02-09 16-45-07 South Africa - Vosloorus.JPG
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- inception
- 1963-01-01
- postal code
- 1486
- Commons category
- Vosloorus
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Notable residents
- References
Vosloorus is a large township situated south of Boksburg and just east of Katlehong in Ekurhuleni, just 30 kilometres south-east of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1963 when Black Africans were removed from Stirtonville because it was considered by the government too close to a white town. Stirtonville, renamed Reiger Park, has since become home to Boksburg's coloured community. A local authority was established in 1983 when Vosloorus was given full municipal status.
==Notable residents== Sol Phenduka - radio personality, music DJ and podcaster. Boohle - Amapiano singer-songwriter De Mthuda - record producer and DJ DJ Cleo - house music producer, DJ and recording artist. Moses Sithole - serial killer and rapist David Tlale - fashion designer Fortune Makaringe - soccer player Alfred Ntombela - actor DJ Clock - DJ and producer Naledi Chirwa - South African politician and former student activist
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vosloorus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations