Midrand

Midrand
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Location within Greater Johannesburg  Midrand
Coordinates: 25°59′57″S 28°7′35″E / 25.99917°S 28.12639°E / -25.99917; 28.12639Coordinates: 25°59′57″S 28°7′35″E / 25.99917°S 28.12639°E / -25.99917; 28.12639
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Area
• Total	152.87 km2 (59.02 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	87,387
• Density	570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	54.5%
• Coloured	3.3%
• Indian/Asian	17.0%
• White	24.2%
• Other	1.0%
First languages (2011)
• English	50.1%
• Zulu	10.2%
• Afrikaans	6.9%
• Xhosa	5.4%
• Other	27.4%
Postal code (street)	1682

Midrand is an area in central Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is situated between Centurion and Kyalami, and is part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

Midrand was established as a municipality in 1981 (in an area known as Halfway House, after its position between Pretoria and Johannesburg), but ceased to be an independent town in the restructuring of local government that followed the end of apartheid in 1994. It was incorporated in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in 2000. It was made part of Region 2 and, as of 2006, when the number of regions were reduced to seven, it forms part of Region A.

Though no longer an independent town, the name Midrand is still in common use to denote the suburbs around the N1 highway north of the Jukskei River up to the border with City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. (This portion of the N1 highway is also known as the Ben Schoeman Highway.) Suburbs that are generally regarded as being in Midrand include among others: Country View, Carlswald, Crowthorne, Glen Austin, Halfway House, Halfway Gardens, Vorna Valley, Noordwyk, Randjesfontein.