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Kliptown is a suburb of the formerly black township of Soweto in Gauteng, South Africa, located about 17 km south-west of Johannesburg. Kliptown is the oldest residential district of Soweto, and was first laid out in 1891 on land which formed part of Klipspruit farm. The farm was named after the klipspruit (rocky stream) that runs nearby. From 1903 the area was home to informal settlements (squatter camps), and the area now contains a mixture of purpose-built housing and many shacks and other informal homes which form the Chris Hani and Dlamini settlements.

Kliptown
Kliptown in November 2012
Kliptown
Kliptown
Coordinates: 26.284°S 27.887°E / -26.284; 27.887
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceGauteng
MunicipalityCity of Johannesburg
Main PlaceSoweto
Area
  Total0.77 km2 (0.30 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total7,548
  Density9,800/km2 (25,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African68.2%
  Coloured30.6%
  Indian/Asian0.8%
  White0.1%
  Other0.4%
First languages (2011)
  Afrikaans32.4%
  Sotho20.5%
  Zulu14.2%
  Tswana6.8%
  Other26.0%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
1811
PO box
1812
A shop in Kliptown in 1979
A shop in Kliptown in 1979
A group Emotional Fitness Class, using Shape of Emotion, with unemployed youth from Kliptown
A group Emotional Fitness Class, using "Shape of Emotion", with unemployed youth from Kliptown

History


In June, 1955, Kliptown was the home of an unprecedented Congress of the People, organised by the African National Congress, the South African Indian Congress, the South African Congress of Democrats and the Coloured People's Congress. This Congress saw the declaration and adoption of the Freedom Charter, which set out the aims and aspirations of the opponents of apartheid.


Economy


In 2005 Kliptown had an unemployment rate of 72%.[2] In that same year Johannesburg City Council announced plans for renewal of the Kliptown area, including a large-scale housing project.


Transport



References


  1. "Sub Place Kliptown". Census 2011.
  2. Klein, Naomi (2007). The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. New York: Picador. p. 270.



На других языках


[de] Kliptown

Kliptown ist ein Stadtteil von Soweto, das wiederum ein Teil von Johannesburg in Südafrika ist. 1955 fand dort der Volkskongress statt, auf dem die Freiheitscharta verabschiedet wurde.
- [en] Kliptown



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