Lawley, South Africa
Place in Gauteng, South Africa
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Lawley is a township in the Gauteng province of South Africa and is some 8 km south of Lenasia. Named after Sir Arthur Lawley, Lieutenant-Governor of Transvaal from 1902 to 1906, when he became Governor of Madras.[2]
Lawley | |
|---|---|
  Lawley Location within Gauteng  Lawley Location within South Africa | |
| Coordinates: 26.381°S 27.808°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Government | |
| • Councillor | Sakhile Tshenge |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.09 km2 (2.35 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 33,136 |
| • Density | 5,440/km2 (14,100/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 95.3% |
| • Coloured | 4.1% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
| • White | 0.3% |
| • Other | 0.2% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 28.8% |
| • Sotho | 20.7% |
| • Tsonga | 13.7% |
| • Xhosa | 8.9% |
| • Other | 28.0% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 1830 |
| PO box | 1824 |
