Isando
Place in Gauteng, South Africa
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Isando is a town in Ekurhuleni in the Gauteng province of South Africa.
Isando | |
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  Isando Location within Gauteng  Isando Location within South Africa | |
| Coordinates: 26.144°S 28.207°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | Ekurhuleni |
| Main Place | Kempton Park |
| Established | 1949 |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.21 km2 (2.40 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 23 |
| • Density | 3.7/km2 (9.6/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 69.2% |
| • White | 30.8% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 45.5% |
| • Zulu | 18.2% |
| • Northern Sotho | 18.2% |
| • English | 9.1% |
| • Other | 9.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 1609 |
| PO box | 1600 |
| Area code | 010 |
History
Industrial township south-west of Kempton Park, 22 km east of Johannesburg. It was laid out on the farm Witkoppie and proclaimed on 21 December 1949.[2] The name is of Bantu origin and it is the Zulu name for a hammer.[2]
