Benoni
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Town in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa
Key facts
- Country
- South Africa
- Province
- Gauteng
- Municipality
- Ekurhuleni
- Total
- 175.55 km (67.78 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 1,645 m (5,397 ft)
- Density
- 904.45/km (2,342.5/sq mi)
- Black african
- 45.2%
- Coloured
- 2.1%
- Indian asian
- 13.9%
- White
- 38.1%
- Other
- 0.8%
- English
- 53.89%
- Afrikaans
- 11%
- Zulu
- 17.1%
- Northern sotho
- 5.3%
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( SAST )
- Area code
- 011
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Encyclopedic overview
Benoni is a town on the East Rand, Gauteng, South Africa, some 26 kilometres (16 mi) east of Johannesburg, within the City of Ekurhuleni municipality.
Benoni was also the setting for the MTV-inspired movie Crazy Monkey: Straight Outta Benoni, released internationally in 2005.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Benoni” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.