Edleen

Edleen
Edleen
Edleen
Coordinates: 26°05′35″S 28°12′22″E / 26.093°S 28.206°E / -26.093; 28.206
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceGauteng
MunicipalityEkurhuleni
Main PlaceKempton Park
Area
[1]
 • Total
1.82 km2 (0.70 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
4,798
 • Density2,600/km2 (6,800/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
 • Black African29.1%
 • Coloured2.9%
 • Indian/Asian4.4%
 • White62.4%
 • Other1.2%
First languages (2011)
[1]
 • Afrikaans46.7%
 • English35.0%
 • Zulu4.7%
 • Northern Sotho3.8%
 • Other9.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
1619
PO box
1625

Edleen is a suburb in western Kempton Park, in Gauteng province, South Africa.

History

The suburb lies on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Zuurfontein.[2] It was named after the owners Edward and Eileen Vermaak.[2] The original homestead was situated on stands 220, 221, 222, 223 and 224 situated between Green avenue, Ilex Avenue and Hawthorne Avenue. In the early 1960s this property was sold to Alec Louw and Eddy and Eileen Vermaak relocated to 36 Okkerneut avenue. This property was also purchased by Alec Louw about 2 years later and they then relocated to a plot in Pomona. The first six houses built in Edleen was Okkerneut Avenue 36, 32, 28 and 26 and two houses opposite the road from 36.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Sub Place Edleen". Census 2011.
  2. ^ a b Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.


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