Ivory Park | |
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Ivory Park shown within Gauteng | |
Coordinates: 25°59′56″S 28°11′46″E / 25.999°S 28.196°ECoordinates: 25°59′56″S 28°11′46″E / 25.999°S 28.196°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
Area | |
• Total | 9.21 km2 (3.56 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 184,383 |
• Density | 20,000/km2 (52,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 98.8% |
• Coloured | 0.2% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
• White | 0.1% |
• Other | 0.8% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Northern Sotho | 23.3% |
• Tsonga | 22.5% |
• Zulu | 21.4% |
• Xhosa | 7.4% |
• Other | 25.4% |
Postal code (street) | 1693 |
PO box | 1689 |
Ivory Park is a densely populated residential area in the east of Johannesburg, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is located in Region 2.
Ivory Park is occupied by more than 182 000 black people and is close to Tembisa. Services in Ivory Park have improved since the early 1990s. It has 5 clinics, 8 schools, a police station, 2 libraries and is served by the popular Voice of Tembisa FM community radio station.