Booysens,_Pretoria Knowpia

Booysens is a western suburb of Pretoria, South Africa.

History edit

The suburb lies on an old farm called Zandfontein and was developed from 1905, named after the owner C.H.Z. Booysens.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sub Place Booysens". Census 2011.
^ Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.

Booysens
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Coordinates: 25°42′40″S 28°07′33″E / 25.71111°S 28.12583°E / -25.71111; 28.12583
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Tshwane
Main Place	Pretoria
Established	1905
Area ^[1]
• Total	1.67 km² (0.64 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	3,926
• Density	2,400/km² (6,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) ^[1]
• Black African	15.7%
• Coloured	2.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.7%
• White	81.3%
• Other	0.2%
First languages (2011) ^[1]
• Afrikaans	80.8%
• English	4.8%
• Tswana	3.2%
• Northern Sotho	3.2%
• Other	8.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	0082
PO box	n/a
Area code	012