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Springs
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Place details
- Locality
- Springs
- Region
- Gauteng
- Country
- South Africa
- Population
- 186,394
- Timezone
- Africa/Johannesburg
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Key facts
- Country
- South Africa
- Province
- Gauteng
- Municipality
- Ekurhuleni
- Total
- 183.50 km (70.85 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 1,627 m (5,338 ft)
- Density
- 662.72/km (1,716.4/sq mi)
- Black african
- 57.5%
- Coloured
- 1.4%
- Indian asian
- 4.4%
- White
- 36.2%
- Other
- 0.5%
- Afrikaans
- 30.2%
- Zulu
- 20.6%
- English
- 15.7%
- Northern sotho
- 8.0%
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( SAST )
- Postal code street
- 1559; 1576; 1578
- Po box
- 1555–1559; 1560–1575; 1577–1579
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 1627
- Image
- Springs.jpg
- Dialing code
- 011
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- inception
- 1904-01-01
- postal code
- 1560
- Commons category
- Springs, city in South Africa
- P12749
- Auma-Weidatal
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Article
Springs is a former independent city that is now part of the City of Ekurhuleni, based in the east of Johannesburg (East Rand), in Gauteng Province, South Africa. It lies 50 km (31 mi) east of Johannesburg and 72 km (45 mi) southeast from Pretoria. Its name is probably derived from the large number of springs in the area, and its estimated population is more than 121,610 in 2011. It is situated at 1,628 m (5,341 ft) above sea level.
During the apartheid-era, the city was racially segregated under the Group Areas Act. These consisted of middle and upper-income white suburbs around the city centre and the Indian area of Bakerton east of the CBD. A community of black Africans were living in a "black spot" of Springs known as Payneville. The Town Council ordered the creation of a new black township to relieve overcrowding in Payneville. In the 1950s, the residents were forcibly removed and relocated to the newly created, KwaThema, southwest of the CBD.