Meadowlands | |
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Coordinates: 26°13′15″S 27°53′58″E / 26.22083°S 27.89944°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Main Place | Soweto |
Area | |
• Total | 11.57 km2 (4.47 sq mi) |
Population (2001)[1] | |
• Total | 138,354 |
• Density | 12,000/km2 (31,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2001) | |
• Black African | 99.8% |
• Coloured | 0.2% |
First languages (2001) | |
• Zulu | 32.7% |
• Tswana | 27.0% |
• Sotho | 10.5% |
• Tsonga | 10.1% |
• Other | 19.7% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 1852 |
PO box | 1851 |
Meadowlands is a suburb of Soweto, Gauteng Province, South Africa. It was founded in the early 1950s during the apartheid era for black residents from Sophiatown.