Protea Glen
Protea Glen | |
|---|---|
  Protea Glen  Protea Glen | |
| Coordinates: 26°16′49″S 27°49′13″E / 26.2804°S 27.8204°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Soweto |
| Area | |
• Total | 13.12 km2 (5.07 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 75,634 |
| • Density | 5,800/km2 (15,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 99.0% |
| • Coloured | 0.6% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
| • White | 0.1% |
| • Other | 0.2% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 34.3% |
| • Sotho | 15.8% |
| • Tswana | 10.7% |
| • Tsonga | 10.2% |
| • Other | 29.0% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 1818 |
| PO box | 1819 |
| Website | http://proteaglen.co.za/ |
Protea Glen is a township of the City of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa, located north of Lenasia and west of Soweto. The suburb was developed in the 1990s for middle-class residents.[2]
The first shopping mall in the town, Protea Glen Mall, opened in October 2012.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Protea Glen". Census 2011.
- ^ (5 June 2013). As the Black Middle Class Grows In S. Africa, So Does Need For Better Housing Archived 2014-02-19 at archive.today, Empower Magazine
- ^ (2 October 2012). New Soweto mall, The Sowetan
