Diepkloof

Diepkloof
Diepkloof
Diepkloof
Coordinates: 26°14′56″S 27°56′46″E / 26.249°S 27.946°E / -26.249; 27.946
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceGauteng
MunicipalityCity of Johannesburg
Main PlaceSoweto
Area
  Total
9.46 km2 (3.65 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
  Total
95,067
  Density10,000/km2 (26,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African99.7%
  Coloured0.2%
  White0.1%
First languages (2011)
  Zulu34.3%
  Tswana14.6%
  Sotho12.8%
  Tsonga12.4%
  Other25.9%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
1862
PO box
1864

Diepkloof is a large zone of Soweto township in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is also sometimes referred to as Diepmeadow, if considered as a single township with the nearby Meadowlands (although there is Orlando in between). Diepkloof was established in 1959 to accommodate people being removed from Alexandra.